Isolation and identification of an actin gene from Babesia gibsoni

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 208-210

  Zhou, Jinlin ^a   Huang, Bing ^b   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NUCLEIC ACID; PARASITE; RECOMBINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CELL MOTILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROZOITE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPIDIUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; SPOROZOA;

EID: 33645538679     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-577R2.1     Document Type: Article

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