Baculovirus-directed expression and secretion of a truncated version of Toxoplasma SAG1

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Hunter, Shirley ^a   Ashbaugh, Lisa ^a   Hair, Pam ^a   Bozic, Cynthia M ^a   Milhausen, Michael ^a  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; SAG1; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SAG1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BACULOVIRIDAE; CATS; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032887977     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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