Identification and characterization of a Neospora caninum microneme-associated protein (NcMIC4) that exhibits unique lactose-binding properties

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4791-4800

  Keller, Nadine ^a   Riesen, Michèle ^a   Naguleswaran, Arunasalam ^a   Vonlaufen, Nathalie ^a   Stettler, Rebecca ^a   Leepin, Angela ^a   Wastling, Jonathan M ^b   Hemphill, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALPHA LACTOSE; ANTIBODY; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LACTOSE; LECTIN; PROTEIN NCMIC4; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; VERO CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LACTOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 3342944910     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.8.4791-4800.2004     Document Type: Article

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