Promoter analysis of macrophage- and tick cell-specific differentially expressed <it>Ehrlichia chaffeensis </it>p28-Omp genes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Ehrlichia chaffeensis </it>is a rickettsial agent responsible for an emerging tick-borne illness, human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Recently, we reported that <it>E. chaffeensis </it>protein expression is infl...
Main Authors: | Ganta Roman R, Cheng Chuanmin, Peddireddi Lalitha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-05-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/99 |
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