The omp-1 major outer membrane multigene family of Ehrlichia chaffeensis is differentially expressed in canine and tick hosts

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作者
Unver, A
Rikihisa, Y
Stich, RW
Ohashi, N
Felek, S
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Vet Biosci, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Ohio State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Vet Prevent Med, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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10.1128/IAI.70.8.4701-4704.2002
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Sixteen of 22 omp-1 paralogs encoding 28-kDa-range immunodominant outer membrane proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis were transcribed in blood monocytes of dogs throughout a 56-day infection period. Only one paralog was transcribed by E. chaffeensis in three developmental stages of Amblyomma americanum ticks before or after E. chaffeensis transmission to naive dogs.
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