Molecular cloning and partial characterization of Babesia equi EMA-3

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-373

  Ikadai, Hiromi ^a   Ishida, Hidekazu ^a   Sasaki, Mizuki ^a   Taniguchi, Keiko ^a   Miyata, Natsumi ^a   Koda, Maiko ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^b   Oyamada, Takashi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Babesia equi; Equi merozoite antigen; Erythrocyte binding assay; Indirect fluorescent antibody test

Indexed keywords

EQUI MOROZOITE ANTIGEN 3; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA EQUI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE LIBRARY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BABESIA EQUI;

EID: 33750613919     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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