Babesia divergens: Cloning and biochemical characterization of Bd37

Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-312

  Delbecq, S ^a   Precigout, E ^a   Vallet, A ^a   Carcy, B ^a   Schetters, T P M ^a   Gorenflot, A ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Babesia divergens; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Membrane bound protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BD37; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; DISULFIDE BOND; IMMUNITY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GERBILLINAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; TRYPSIN;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036792833     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002160     Document Type: Article

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