Roles of tyrosine-rich precursor glycoproteins and dityrosine- and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-mediated protein cross-linking in development of the oocyst wall in the coccidian parasite Eimeria maxima

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 456-464

  Belli, Sabina I ^a   Wallach, Michael G ^a,c   Luxford, Catherine ^b   Davies, Michael J ^b   Smith, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; DITYROSINE; DOPA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; EIMERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHICKENS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; EIMERIA; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOCYSTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TYROSINE;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; CYCLOSPORA; ECHINOIDEA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; GALLUS GALLUS; INSECTA; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0038482167     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.3.456-464.2003     Document Type: Article

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