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...

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Main Authors: Ganta Roman R, Cheng Chuanmin, Peddireddi Lalitha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/99