Variant Surface Glycoprotein from Trypanosoma evansi Is Partially Responsible for the Cross-Reaction between Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma vivax

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 595-606

  Uzcanga, Graciela L ^a   Perrone, Trina ^a,b   Noda, José Alfredo ^a   Pérez Pazos, Jacqueline ^a   Medina, Rafael ^a   Hoebeke, Johan ^c   Bubis, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BLOOD; CROSSLINKING; DIMERS; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SEDIMENTATION;

IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PARASITES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P64; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CROSS REACTIONS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNE SERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 1642453878     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0301946     Document Type: Article

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