Immunogenicity of hypothetical highly conserved proteins as novel antigens in anaplasma marginale

Current Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-277

  Nuñez, Pablo A ^a   Moretta, Rosalia ^a   Ruybal, Paula ^a   Wilkowsky, Silvina ^a   Farber, Marisa D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84893918852     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0475-6     Document Type: Article

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