Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 23, 2004
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Expansion of variant diversity associated with a high prevalence of pathogen strain superinfection under conditions of natural transmission. Infect Immun (2012) 1.00
Identification of Anaplasma marginale outer membrane protein antigens conserved between A. marginale sensu stricto strains and the live A. marginale subsp. centrale vaccine. Infect Immun (2010) 0.98
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Identification of Anaplasma marginale proteins specifically upregulated during colonization of the tick vector. Infect Immun (2010) 0.95
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Association and evidence for linked recognition of type IV secretion system proteins VirB9-1, VirB9-2, and VirB10 in Anaplasma marginale. Infect Immun (2011) 0.87
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Stability and tick transmission phenotype of gfp-transformed Anaplasma marginale through a complete in vivo infection cycle. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.86
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The Pathogen-Occupied Vacuoles of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma marginale Interact with the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2016) 0.82
Identification of multilocus genetic heterogeneity in Anaplasma marginale subsp. centrale and its restriction following tick-borne transmission. Infect Immun (2013) 0.82
Subdominant antigens in bacterial vaccines: AM779 is subdominant in the Anaplasma marginale outer membrane vaccine but does not associate with protective immunity. PLoS One (2012) 0.82
Association of pathogen strain-specific gene transcription and transmission efficiency phenotype of Anaplasma marginale. Infect Immun (2010) 0.81
Expression of Anaplasma marginale ankyrin repeat-containing proteins during infection of the mammalian host and tick vector. Infect Immun (2011) 0.81
Knockout of an outer membrane protein operon of Anaplasma marginale by transposon mutagenesis. BMC Genomics (2014) 0.81
Reduced Infectivity in cattle for an outer membrane protein mutant of Anaplasma marginale. Appl Environ Microbiol (2015) 0.81
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Loss of Immunization-Induced Epitope-Specific CD4 T-Cell Response following Anaplasma marginale Infection Requires Presence of the T-Cell Epitope on the Pathogen and Is Not Associated with an Increase in Lymphocytes Expressing Known Regulatory Cell Phenotypes. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2015) 0.77
Immunogenicity of Outer Membrane Proteins VirB9-1 and VirB9-2, a Novel Nanovaccine against Anaplasma marginale. PLoS One (2016) 0.77
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