Molecular characterization of a novel 32-kDa merozoite antigen of Babesia gibsoni with a better diagnostic performance by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1185-1194

  Aboge, G O ^a   Jia, H ^a   Kuriki, K ^b   Zhou, J ^a   Nishikawa, Y ^a   Igarashi, I ^a   Fujisaki, K ^a   Suzuki, H ^a   Xuan, X ^a  

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

^b Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

32 kDa merozoite protein; Babesia gibsoni; Diagnostic performance; ELISA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34547421815     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007002594     Document Type: Article

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