A 38-kDa protein from Babesia gibsoni and its antibody response in an experimentally infected dog

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 345-348

  Zhou, Jinlin ^a,b   Zhang, Guohong ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

12D3 antigen; Antibody response; Babesia gibsoni

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749520434     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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