Isolation of a human erythrocyte-adapted substrain of Babesia rodhaini and analysis of the merozoite surface protein gene sequences

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 901-907

  Kawabuchi, Takako ^a   Tsuji, Masayoshi ^a   Kuwahara, Satoko ^a   Nishida, Atsumi ^a   Shimofurutachi, Tadahisa ^a   Oka, Hideki ^a   Ishihara, Chiaki ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Babesia rodhaini; Human erythrocyte; Merozoite surface protein

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; MICE, SCID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BABESIA; BABESIA RODHAINI; RODENTIA;

EID: 26444446949     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.901     Document Type: Article

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