Open AccessContribution of Polymorphisms in ankA , gltA , and groESL in Defining Genetic Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Author(s) -
Sanjay Kumar Shukla,
Vijay Aswani,
Patrick J. Stockwell,
Kurt D. Reed
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00704-07
Subject(s) - biology , anaplasma phagocytophilum , genetics , genotyping , anaplasmataceae , anaplasma , gene , single nucleotide polymorphism , polymorphism (computer science) , genotype , pathogen , virology , rickettsiales , tick , antibody , borrelia burgdorferi
Analysis of several nucleotide polymorphisms in polymorphic genes (ankA ,gltA , andgroESL ) from 16S rRNA gene-based genetic variants ofAnaplasma phagocytophilum from dogs in the western United States defined at least two sets of multigene polymorphisms to further characterize these variants. The multigene polymorphism approach holds promise for development of a genotyping scheme for this important pathogen.