Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 2 CD4+-T-cell epitopes are evenly distributed in conserved and hypervariable regions (HVR), whereas linear B-cell epitopes are predominantly located in the HVR

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7360-7366

  Abbott, Jeffrey R ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Howard, Chris J ^b   Hope, Jayne C ^b   Brown, Wendy C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CPG OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II;

EID: 9244238706     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7360-7366.2004     Document Type: Article

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