| Literature DB >> 17178787 |
Guy H Palmer1, James E Futse, Christina K Leverich, Donald P Knowles, Fred R Rurangirwa, Kelly A Brayton.
Abstract
Anaplasma marginale, a rickettsial pathogen, evades clearance in the animal host by antigenic variation. Under immune selection, A. marginale expresses complex major surface protein 2 mosaics, derived from multiple donor sequences. However, these mosaics have a selective advantage only in the presence of adaptive immunity and are rapidly replaced by simple variants following transmission.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17178787 PMCID: PMC1828556 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01801-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441