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1 June 2004 Localization of a 56-kDa Antigen That is Present in Multiple Developmental Stages of Neospora caninum
Mark Jenkins, Rodrigo Soares, Charles Murphy, Andrew Hemphill, Ryan O'Handley, J. P. Dubey
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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to characterize the intracellular distribution of a native Neospora caninum 56-kDa protein that is recognized by sera from N. caninum–infected dairy cattle. The complementary DNA coding for this protein was expressed in Escherichia coli as a polyHis fusion protein to which antiserum was prepared and used to localize the antigen in N. caninum tachyzoites and bradyzoites. By sodium dodecylsulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting, antirecombinant Nc56 serum recognized a major 56-kDa protein and 2 minor (43 and 39 kDa) proteins of N. caninum tachyzoites. Antiserum to recombinant 56-kDa protein showed this antigen to be present in both N. caninum tachyzoites and bradyzoites/cysts as detected by immunofluorescence staining. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed the 56-kDa antigen to be present in the apical end of both tachyzoites and bradyzoites and possibly extracellularly secreted by tachyzoites.

Mark Jenkins, Rodrigo Soares, Charles Murphy, Andrew Hemphill, Ryan O'Handley, and J. P. Dubey "Localization of a 56-kDa Antigen That is Present in Multiple Developmental Stages of Neospora caninum," Journal of Parasitology 90(3), 660-663, (1 June 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3296RN
Published: 1 June 2004
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