Identification and characterization of a microneme protein (NcMIC6) in Neospora caninum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2893-2902

  Li, Wensheng ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Fu, Yong ^a   Nan, Huizhu ^a   Liu, Qun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Location; Microneme protein 6; Neospora caninum; Secretion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; NEOSPORA CANINUM MICRONEME PROTEIN 6; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII MICRONEME PROTEIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NEOSPORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VETERINARY;

APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84938978358     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4490-3     Document Type: Article

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