Ehrlichia chaffeensis Uses Its Surface Protein EtpE to Bind GPI-Anchored Protein DNase X and Trigger Entry into Mammalian Cells

• Dipu Mohan Kumar,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Mamoru Yamaguchi,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Koshiro Miura,

  Current address: Department of Nutrition, Kyushu Women's University, Kita-kyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Mingqun Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Marek Los,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Integrative Regenerative Medical Center Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden

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• Johannes F. Coy,

  Affiliation Vorstand/CSO TAVARLIN AG, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Yasuko Rikihisa

  * E-mail: rikihisa.1@osu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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