GRA7, an excretory 29 kDa Toxoplasma gondii dense granule antigen released by infected host cells

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Fischer, Hans Georg ^a   Stachelhaus, Stefan ^a   Sahm, Monika ^b   Meyer, Helmut E ^c   Reichmann, Gaby ^a,d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen export; Dense granule antigen; GRA7; Subcellular localization; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DENSE GRANULE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA; VACUOLES;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032521215     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00227-2     Document Type: Article

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