Characterization of a cDNA-clone encoding Nc-p43, a major Neospora caninum tachyzoite surface protein

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 581-590

  Hemphill, A ^a   Felleisen, R ^a   Connolly, B ^a   Gottstein, B ^a   Hentrich, B ^a   Muller N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; cDNA; Cell surface molecule; Dense granules; Invasion; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE INSERTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE LIBRARY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031417071     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001650     Document Type: Article

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