Molecular characterization of a thrombospondin-related anonymous protein homologue in Neospora caninum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Lovett, Jennie L ^a   Howe, Daniel K ^a   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Apicomplexa; I domain; Microneme; Secretion; Thrombospondin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOSPONDINS; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034653309     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00228-5     Document Type: Article

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