Characterization of allelic variation in the babesia bovis merozoite surface antigen 1 (MSA-1) locus and identification of a cross-reactive inhibition-sensitive msa-1 epitope

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6865-6870

  Suarez, Carlos E ^a   Florin Christensen, Monica ^b   Hines, Stephen A ^c   Palmer, Guy H ^c   Brown, Wendy C ^c   McElwain, Terry F ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CELL INVASION; CROSS REACTION; GENE LOCUS; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; ERYTHROCYTES; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0034440519     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6865-6870.2000     Document Type: Article

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