Eimeria tenella microneme protein EtMIC4: Capture of the full-length transcribed sequence and comparison with other microneme proteins

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 717-721

  Periz, Javier ^a,b   Ryan, Rachael ^a,c   Blake, Damer P ^a   Tomley, Fiona M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETMIC4 PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA TENELLA; ETMIC4 GENE; EXON; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EIMERIA TENELLA; EXONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 63849118939     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1301-0     Document Type: Article

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