In vitro culture and structural differences in the major immunoreactive protein gp36 of geographically distant Ehrlichia canis isolates

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 423-431

  Zweygarth, Erich ^a   Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^b   Josemans, Antoinette I ^c   Oosthuizen, Marinda C ^d   Matjila, Paul T ^d,e   Lis, Katarzyna ^a   Broniszewska, Marzena ^a   Schöl, Heidrun ^a   Ferrolho, Joana ^f   Grubhoffer, Libor ^b   Passos, Lygia M F ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e Florida Campus   (South Africa)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; DH82; Ehrlichia canis; Gp36; IDE8 tick cells; In vitro culture

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 36; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

16S RRNA GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84901585877     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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