msa-1 and msa-2c gene analysis and common epitopes assessment in Mexican Babesia bovis isolates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 145-148

  Borgonio, Veronica ^a   Mosqueda, Juan ^b   Genis, Alma D ^a   Falcon, Alfonso ^b   Alvarez, J Antonio ^b   Camacho, Minerva ^a   Figueroa, Julio V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; msa 1; msa 2; Sequence conservation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISRAEL; MEROZOITE; MEXICO; MSA 1 GENE; MSA 2C GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BABESIA BOVIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 57849083196     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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