Identification and characterisation of a dense granule-associated protein in Neospora caninum tachyzoites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-438

  Hemphill, A ^a   Gajendran, N ^a   Sonda, S ^a   Fuchs, N ^a   Gottstein, B ^a   Hentrich, B ^a   Jenkins, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Dense Granules; Immunogold EM; Invasion; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis; Parasitophorous vacuole membrane

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; DETERGENT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INVASION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DETERGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOSPORA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; VERO CELLS;

APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032033236     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00193-8     Document Type: Article

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