Molecular characterisation of EmTFP250: A novel member of the TRAP protein family in Eimeria maxima

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 691-702

  Witcombe, David M ^a   Belli, Sabina I ^a   Wallach, Michael G ^a   Smith, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesive domain; Apicomplexa; Eimeria; Gliding motility; Invasion; Thrombospondin related anonymous protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ANONYMOUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HYDROPHILICITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES;

APICOMPLEXA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038516818     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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