Molecular characteristics of an immobilization antigen gene of the fish-parasitic protozoan Ichthyophthirius multifiliis strain ARS-6

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1884-1892

  Xu, De Hai ^a   Panangala, Victor S ^a   Van Santen, Vicky L ^b   Dybvig, Kevin ^c   Abernathy, Jason W ^b   Klesius, Phillip H ^a   Liu, Zhanjiang ^b   Russo, Riccardo ^a  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene; Ichthyophthirius multifiliis; Immobilization antigen; Nucleotide sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PEPTIDE; PROTOZOAN;

ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70449475793     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02301.x     Document Type: Article

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