Molecular characterisation of a novel family of cysteine-rich proteins of Toxoplasma gondii and ultrastructural evidence of oocyst wall localisation

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1639-1649

  Possenti, Alessia ^a   Cherchi, Simona ^a   Bertuccini, Lucia ^a   Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Spano, Furio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

CDNA cloning; Cysteine rich repeat; Multigene family; Oocyst wall; TgOWPs; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REDUCING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOLOGY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYSTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA;

COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EIMERIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78149501218     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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