Improving the gene structure annotation of the apicomplexan parasite Neospora caninum fulfils a vital requirement towards an in silico-derived vaccine

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 305-318

  Goodswen, Stephen J ^a   Barratt, Joel L N ^a   Kennedy, Paul J ^a   Ellis, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene annotation; In silico vaccine discovery; Neospora caninum; RNA Seq; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEOSPORA CANINUM VACCINE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE; PROTEIN; RNA; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; STOP CODON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

EID: 84932198020     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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