Dense-granule protein NcGRA7, a new marker for the serodiagnosis of Neospora caninum infection in aborting cows

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1640-1643

  Huang, Penglong ^a   Liao, Min ^a   Zhang, Houshuang ^a   Lee, Eung Goo ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; PROTEIN NCGRA7; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; UPREGULATION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 38049068072     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00251-07     Document Type: Article

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