Molecular characterizations of three distinct Babesia gibsoni rhoptry-associated protein-1s (RAP-1s)

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1147-1160

  Terkawi, M A ^a   Amornthep, A ^b   Ooka, H ^a   Aboge, G ^a   Jia, H ^a   Goo, Y K ^a   Nelson, B ^a   Yamagishi, J ^a   Nishikawa, Y ^a   Igarashi, I ^a   Kawazu, S I ^a   Fujisaki, K ^c   Xuan, X ^a  

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

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigenicity; Babesia gibsoni; Rhoptry associated protein

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1, BABESIA; RHOPTRY-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN-1, BABESIA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DATA BASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BABESIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY;

BABESIA GIBSONI; MUS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70350018441     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200999045X     Document Type: Article

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