Structural analysis of free and protein-bound glycosyl- phosphatidylinositols of Neospora caninum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-161

  Schares, Gereon ^a   Zinecker, Christina F ^b   Schmidt, Jörg ^b   Azzouz, Nahid ^b   Conraths, Franz J ^a   Gerold, Peter ^b   Schwarz, Ralph T ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol; GPI; Neospora caninum; Surface antigen

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; NEOSPORA; PROTEIN BINDING; VERO CELLS;

APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033990692     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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