Variation in primary sequence and tandem repeat copy number among i-antigens of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-106

  Lin, Yuankai ^a   Lin, Tian Long ^b   Wang, Chia Cheng ^a   Wang, Xuting ^c   Stieger, Knut ^d   Klopfleisch, Robert ^d   Clark, Theodore G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliate; GPI anchored protein; Ichthyophthirius multifiliis; Surface antigen gene

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING;

CILIOPHORA; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS;

EID: 0036182623     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00436-4     Document Type: Article

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