Identification of B Cell Epitopes of a 30 kDa Babesia equi Merozoite Surface Protein

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 563-567

  Hanafusa, Yasuko ^a   Sudo, Tomoko ^a   Sako, Yasuhito ^a   Kanemaru, Takumi ^b   Kamada, Masanobu ^b   Zweygarth, Erich ^c   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bubesia equi; Competitive inhibition ELISA; Diagnostic antigen; Epitope; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

BABESIA EQUI; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BABESIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BABESIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032060071     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.563     Document Type: Article

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