Neospora caninum NcSRS2 is a transmembrane protein that contains a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor in insect cells

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 191-201

  Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Tragoolpua, Khajornsak ^a,b   Makala, Levi ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Nagasawa, Hideyuki ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; GPI; Insect cells; NcSRS2; Neospora caninum; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN NCSRS2; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; SUPERNATANT; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOSPORA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

INSECTA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0037064629     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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