Characterization and gene expression of Babesia bovis elongation factor-1α

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 965-973

  Suarez, Carlos E ^a,b   Norimine, Junzo ^a   Lacy, Paul ^b   McElwain, Terry F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Electroporation; Elongation factor 1 ; Luciferase; Promoters; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSFECTION;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33845363629     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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