Identification of a major surface protein on Neospora caninum tachyzoites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 497-504

  Hemphill, Andrew ^a   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TACHYZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029945554     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050152     Document Type: Article

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