The Babesia bovis merozoite surface antigen 1 hypervariable region induces surface-reactive antibodies that block merozoite invasion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3663-3667

  LeRoith, Tanya ^a,b   Berens, Shawn J ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Hines, Stephen A ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^a   Norimine, Junzo ^a   McElwain, Terry F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLINE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYPERVARIABLE REGION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA BOVIS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 33646935192     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00032-06     Document Type: Article

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