FIG. 4.

Southern blot with E. canis and E. chaffeensis DNA (0.5 μg) using a 911-bp DIG-labeled p43 gene probe. The E. canis p43 hybridized with a single band in the genomic DNA of E. canis digested with AseI (lane 1). E. chaffeensis DNA did not hybridize with the p43 gene probe (lane 2). The quality of the E. chaffeensis DNA was confirmed by hybridization of an E. chaffeensis p28 gene probe (p28-20) with a 2.1-kb DNA fragment (lane 3). MW; DIG-labeled DNA markers (in kilobases).