Antigenic variation of Anaplasma marginale msp2 occurs by combinatorial gene conversion
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- 22 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (5) , 1151-1159
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02792.x
Abstract
The rickettsial pathogen Anaplasma marginale establishes lifelong persistent infection in the mammalian reservoir host, during which time immune escape variants continually arise in part because of...Keywords
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