Identification and partial characterization of a 36 kDa surface protein on Neospora caninum tachyzoites

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-380

  Hemphill, A ^a   Fuchs, N ^a   Sonda, S ^a   Gottstein, B ^a   Hentrich, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cell surface moleucles; Dense granules; Invasion; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL FRACTIONATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0030865227     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001455     Document Type: Article

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