Bioinformatic prediction of the exportome of Babesia bovis and identification of novel proteins in parasite-infected red blood cells

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 409-416

  Gohil, Sejal ^a   Kats, Lev M ^a   Seemann, Torsten ^a   Fernandez, Kate M ^a   Siddiqui, Ghizal ^a   Cooke, Brian M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Babesia; Bioinformatics; Exported proteins; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

AG 4730 PROTEIN; AG 7340 PROTEIN; AG 9240 PROTEIN; EXPORTED PARASITE PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; SPHERICAL BODY PROTEIN 1; SPHERICAL BODY PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS;

EID: 84875259133     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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