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Variability in the 28-kDa surface antigen protein multigene locus of isolates of the emerging disease agent Ehrlichia chaffeensis suggests that it plays a role in immune evasion.
Molecular cell biology research communications : MCBRC - 1 Jun 1999
Reddy G R, Streck C P
Abstract excerpt
Infections caused by rickettsial pathogens persist in vertebrate hosts for long periods of time, despite the active host immune response. We recently described the multigene locus encoding 28 kDa surface antigen proteins (28 kDa SAPs) for two closely related rickettsials, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis (Reddy, G. R., et al. (1998) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 247, 636-643), that share extensive...
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