Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel acidic microneme protein (Etmic-2) from the apicomplexan protozoan parasite, Eimeria tenella

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-206

  Tomley, Fiona M ^a   Bumstead, Janene M ^a   Billington, Karen J ^a   Dunn, Paul P J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eimeria tenella; Exocytosis; Invasion; Microneme; Protein; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TROPOMYOSIN;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EIMERIA TENELLA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

APICOMPLEXA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EIMERIA TENELLA; MELANOGASTER; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030222003     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02662-X     Document Type: Article

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