Comparative Genomics of Emerging Human Ehrlichiosis Agents

Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Mingqun Lin, Ramana Madupu, +37

PLoS Genetics

Human PathogenesisMolecular EpidemiologyComparative GenomicsVirulence FactorPathogenesis +11

Novel Genetic Variants of <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> , <i>Anaplasma bovis</i> , <i>Anaplasma centrale</i> , and a Novel <i>Ehrlichia</i> sp. in Wild Deer and Ticks on Two Major Islands in Japan

Makoto Kawahara, Yasuko Rikihisa, Quan Lin, +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Characterization and Transcriptional Analysis of Gene Clusters for a Type IV Secretion Machinery in Human Granulocytic and Monocytic Ehrlichiosis Agents

Norio Ohashi, Ning Zhi, Quan Lin, +1

Infection and Immunity

Transcript Heterogeneity of the <i>p44</i> Multigene Family in a Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent Transmitted by Ticks

Ning Zhi, Norio Ohashi, Tomoko Tajima, +6

Infection and Immunity

Human Granulocytic EhrlichiosisHge AgentAllergyLaboratory ImmunologyGranulocyte +13

<i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> Has a Functional <i>msp2</i> Gene That Is Distinct from <i>p44</i>

Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa, Suleyman Felek, +3

Infection and Immunity

ImmunogeneticsMicrobial PathogensGranulocytePathogenesisImmunology +13

Analysis of Sequences and Loci of <i>p44</i> Homologs Expressed by <i>Anaplasma phagocytophila</i> in Acutely Infected Patients

Quan Lin, Ning Zhi, Norio Ohashi, +5

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Microbial PathogensImmunodeficienciesImmunologyPathologyBacterial Pathogens +15

Mechanisms of Variable <i>p44</i> Expression by <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i>

Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa, Norio Ohashi, +1

Infection and Immunity

GranulocyteMedicineNatural SciencesPathogenesisImmunology +12

Establishment of Cloned <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> and Analysis of <i>p44</i> Gene Conversion within an Infected Horse and Infected SCID Mice

Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa

Infection and Immunity

Analysis of Involvement of the RecF Pathway in <i>p44</i> Recombination in <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> and in <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Using a Plasmid Carrying the <i>p44</i> Expression and <i>p44</i> Donor Loci

Quan Lin, Chunbin Zhang, Yasuko Rikihisa

Infection and Immunity

Microbial PathogensInnate Immune SystemImmunologyBacteriophageMolecular Biology +17

Polymorphism and Transcription at the <i>p44</i> - <i>1/p44</i> - <i>18</i> Genomic Locus in <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> Strains from Diverse Geographic Regions

Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa, Robert F. Massung, +2

Infection and Immunity