The major 36 kDa Neospora caninum tachyzoite surface protein is closely related to the major Toxoplasma gondii surface antigen1

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 97-108

  Sonda, Sabrina ^a   Fuchs, Nicole ^a   Connolly, Bernadette ^a   Fernandez, Paula ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^a   Hemphill, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Invasion; Neospora; Surface protein; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032583106     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00133-9     Document Type: Article

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