Molecular cloning and characterization of a gene encoding a 13.1 kDa antigenic protein of Naegleria fowleri

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 713-717

  Shin, Ho Joon ^a   Cho, Myung Soo ^a   Jung, Suk Yul ^a   Kim, Hyung Il ^a   Park, Sun ^a   Kim, Han Jip ^b   Im, Kyung Il ^c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antigenicity; Immunoscreening; Myohemerythrin; Naegleria fowleri

Indexed keywords

CLONE;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; PROTOZOA;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEMERYTHRIN; MYOHEMERYTHRIN; NFA1 PROTEIN, NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; HEMERYTHRIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035544573     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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