Erythrocyte Invasion by Babesia bovis Merozoites Is Inhibited by Polyclonal Antisera Directed against Peptides Derived from a Homologue of Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2947-2955

  Gaffar, Fasila R ^a   Yatsuda, Ana P ^a   Franssen, Frits F J ^a   De Vries, Erik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2142646464     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2947-2955.2004     Document Type: Article

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