Gene cloning and characterization of the protein encoded by the Neospora caninum bradyzoite-specific antigen gene bag1

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-458

  Kobayashi, T ^a   Narabu, S ^a   Yanai, Y ^a   Hatano, Y ^a   Ito, A ^b   Imai, S ^a   Ike, K ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ABORTION; AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CLONE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL LYSATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOSPORA; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERO CELLS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84878344685     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/12-65.1     Document Type: Article

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