Expression of Cpgp40/15 in Toxoplasma gondii: A surrogate system for the study of cryptosporidium glycoprotein antigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6027-6034

  O'Connor, R M ^a   Kim, K ^b   Khan, F ^b   Ward, H D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ALPHA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINIDASE; ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SAG1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CPGP15 GENE; CPGP40 GENE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; GP15 GENE; GP40 GENE; HELIX POMATIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0141780894     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.6027-6034.2003     Document Type: Article

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