Identification and molecular cloning of the Neospora caninum SAG4 gene specifically expressed at bradyzoite stage

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Fernandez Garcia A ^a   Risco Castillo, V ^a   Zaballos, A ^b   Alvarez Garcia G ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; NcSAG4 gene; NcSAG4 protein; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAG4 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 31144471277     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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