Molecular cloning and characterization of NcROP2Fam-1, a member of the ROP2 family of rhoptry proteins in Neospora caninum that is targeted by antibodies neutralizing host cell invasion in vitro

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1033-1050

  Alaeddine, Ferial ^a   Hemphill, Andrew ^a   Debache, Karim ^a   Guionaud, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

invasion; Neospora caninum; rhoptries; ROP2 family

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEOSPORA CANINUM ROP2 FAMILY MEMBER 1; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL INVASION; CELL VACUOLE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TARGET CELL; VERO CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VACUOLES; VERO CELLS;

NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 84878878576     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013000383     Document Type: Article

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