Molecular cloning and characterisation of 23-kDa piroplasm surface proteins of Theileria sergenti and Theileria buffeli

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-599

  Sako, Y ^b   Asada, M ^b   Kubota, S ^b   Sugimoto, C ^a   Onuma, M ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

23 kDa piroplasm surface protein; Molecular cloning; Theileria buffeli; Theileria sergenti

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THEILERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THEILERIA;

IKEDA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA SERGENTI;

EID: 0033119828     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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