The BSR4 protein is up-regulated in Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites, however the dominant surface antigen recognised by the P36 monoclonal antibody is SRS9

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 877-885

  Van, Tam T ^a   Kim, Seon Kyeong ^b   Camps, Manel ^c   Boothroyd, John C ^b   Knoll, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

BSR4; P36 monoclonal antibody; SRS9; Surface antigens; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY P36; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BSR4; SRS9 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; UP-REGULATION;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34249937106     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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