Eimeria maxima TRAP family protein EmTFP250: Subcellular localisation and induction of immune responses by immunisation with a recombinant C-terminal derivative

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 861-872

  Witcombe, David M ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^b   Belli, Sabina I ^a   Wallach, Michael G ^a   Smith, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidiosis; Eimeria; Immunisation; Microneme; Thrombospondin related anonymous protein (TRAP)

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN EMTFP250; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ANONYMOUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MEROZOITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EIMERIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOSPONDINS;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2442490685     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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