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Provedor de dados: 	Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Academic Repository (OAK)	
País: 	Japan	
Título: 	Babesia gibsoni rhoptry-associated protein 1 and its potential use as a diagnostic antigen	
Autores: 	Zhou, Jinlin; Jia, Honglin; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Fujisaki, Kozo; Xuan, Xuenan.	
Data: 	2007	
Ano: 	2007	
Palavras-chave: 	Babesia gibsoni; Rhoptry-associated protein; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Diagnosis.	
Resumo: 	A cDNA encoding the rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) homologue was obtained by immunoscreening an expression library prepared from Babesia gibsoni merozoite mRNA. The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene was 1740bp. Computer analysis suggested that the sequence contains an open reading frame of 1425bp encoding an expected protein with a molecular weight of 52kDa. Based on the sequence similarity, this putative protein was designated as the B. gibsoni RAP-1 (BgRAP-1). The BgRAP-1 gene was expressed in the Escherichia coli BL21 strain, and the recombinant BgRAP-1 was used as the antigen in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results can differentiate between the B. gibsoni-infected dog sera and the Babesia canis infected dog sera or the normal dog sera. Furthermore, the antibody response against the recombinant protein was maintained during the chronic stage of infection, indicating that the recombinant BgRAP-1 protein might be a useful diagnostic antigen for the detection of antibodies to B. gibsoni infection in dogs.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/811	
Editor: 	ELSEVIER	
Formato: 	application/pdf