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Sequence diversity of the immunogenic outer membrane lipoprotein PlpE from Mannheimia haemolytica serotypes 1, 2, and 6.
Veterinary microbiology - 31 May 2006
Ayalew Sahlu, Blackwood Emily R, Confer Anthony W
Abstract excerpt
Mannheimia haemolytica serotype 1 (S1), S6 and S2 are the most common bacterial isolates found in shipping fever pneumonia in beef cattle. Currently used vaccines against M. haemolytica do not provide complete protection against the disease. Research with M. haemolytica outer membrane proteins (OMPs) has shown that antibodies to one particular OMP from S1, PlpE, may be important in immunity. Recombinant PlpE...
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