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Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 3 is encoded by a polymorphic, multigene family
1997
Infection and Immunity
The immunodominant surface protein, MSP3, is structurally and antigenically polymorphic among strains of Anaplasma marginale. In this study we show that a polymorphic multigene family is at least partially responsible for the variation seen in MSP3. The A. marginale msp3 gene msp3-12 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. With msp3-12 as a probe, multiple, partially homologous gene copies were identified in the genomes of three A. marginale strains. These copies were widely distributed
doi:10.1128/iai.65.1.156-163.1997
fatcat:mmxn5f4jh5f65bdhrw63b3wsci