Molecular characterization of TgMIC5, a proteolytically processed antigen secreted from the micronemes of Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-66

  Brydges, Susannah D ^a   Sherman, Gale D ^a   Nockemann, Susanne ^b   Loyens, Anne ^c   Däubener, Walter ^b   Dubremetz, Jean François ^c   Carruthers, Vern B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Institute for Medical Microbiology   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell fractionation; Microneme; Peptidyl prolyl cis trans isomerase; Protozoan; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL ORGANELLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; MICRONEME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SECRETORY VESICLES; TOXOPLASMA;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033763402     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00296-6     Document Type: Article

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