Antigenic variation in Babesia bovis occurs through segmental gene conversion of the ves multigene family, within a bidirectional locus of active transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 402-414

  Al Khedery, Basima ^a   Allred, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA BOVIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BABESIA BOVIS;

EID: 33645067647     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04993.x     Document Type: Article

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