Molecular basis for variable expression of merozoite surface antigen gp45 among American isolates of Babesia bigemina

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3782-3790

  Fisher, T G ^a   McElwain, T F ^a   Palmer, G H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 45; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMERICAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035013929     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.3782-3790.2001     Document Type: Article

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