Identification and molecular characterization of a novel stage-specific surface protein of Trypanosoma congolense epimastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Sakurai, Tatsuya ^a   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^b   Inoue, Noboru ^a  

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

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epimastigote; In vitro metacyclogenesis; Life cycle; Surface coat; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONGOLENSE EPIMASTIGOTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN; ETHANOLAMINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA LIBRARY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENETIC CODE; GLYCOSYLATION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ETHANOLAMINE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRITIUM; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

BOS; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 47949118464     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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