High-level expression of SAG1 and GRA7 gene of Toxoplasma gondii (Izatnagar isolate) and their application in serodiagnosis of goat toxoplasmosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Velmurugan, Gopal Viswanathan ^a   Tewari, Anup Kumar ^a   Rao, Jammi Raghavendra ^a   Baidya, Surajit ^a   Kumar, Manchukonda Udaya ^a   Mishra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cocktail ELISA; Recombinant GRA7; Recombinant SAG1; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN GRA7; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SAG1 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOAT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 44349102957     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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