Sarcocystis neurona merozoites express a family of immunogenic surface antigens that are orthologues of the Toxoplasma gondii surface antigens (SAGs) and SAG-related sequences

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1023-1033

  Howe, Daniel K ^a   Gaji, Rajshekhar Y ^a   Mroz Barrett, Meaghan ^a   Gubbels, Marc Jan ^b   Striepen, Boris ^b   Stamper, Shelby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLYCOLIPID; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SNSAG1; PROTEIN SNSAG2; PROTEIN SNSAG3; PROTEIN SNSAG4; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MEROZOITE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 12844264793     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.1023-1033.2005     Document Type: Article

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