Identification of a gene cluster for cell-surface genes of the SRS superfamily in Neospora caninum and characterization of the novel SRS9 gene

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1832-1842

  Risco Castillo, V ^a,b   Marugan Hernandez V ^a   Fernandez Garcia A ^a,c   Aguado Martinez A ^a   Jimenez Ruiz E ^a   Rodriguez Marco S ^a   Alvarez Garcia G ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

bradyzoite; genome walking; NcSRS9 gene; NcSRS9 protein; Neospora caninum; SRS9 locus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CALF (BOVINE); CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME WALKING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SRS9 GENE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAP; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTENY; VETERINARY;

NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOSPORA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTENY;

EID: 84865586986     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001351     Document Type: Article

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