A Babesia bovis gene syntenic to Theileria parva p67 is expressed in blood and tick stage parasites

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Freeman, Jeanne M ^a   Kappmeyer, Lowell S ^b   Ueti, Massaro W ^b   McElwain, Terry F ^b   Baszler, Timothy V ^b   Echaide, Ignacio ^c   Nene, Vishvanath M ^d   Knowles, Donald P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Comparative genomics; P67; Synteny; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BOV57; PROTEIN MSA 1; PROTEIN P67; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA EQUI; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST COAST FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROZOITE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA PARVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; THEILERIA PARVA; TICKS;

BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA EQUI; IXODIDA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 77957759646     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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