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Sandagdorj, Narantsatsral; Goo, Youn-Kyoung; Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa; Soma, Takehisa; Luo, Yuzi; Li, Yan; Cao, Shinuo; Aboge, Gabriel Oluga; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Badgar, Battsetseg; Xuan, Xuenan. |
Among the previously established enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), an ELISA using the full length of recombinant thrombospondin-related adhesive protein of Babesia gibsoni (rBgTRAPf) is considered as the most sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of antibody to B. gibsoni in dogs. However, the expression of rBgTRAPf in high concentration is poor and thus limits its usefulness as diagnostic antigen. To improve its expression level, we have truncated BgTRAPf into two fragments having either N- or C-terminus (BgTRAPn or BgTRAPc). The expression of BgTRAPc protein in Escherichia coli yielded adequate recombinant protein. The specificity and sensitivity of ELISAs with the truncated proteins were determined using B. gibsoni-experimentally... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia gibsoni; Diagnosis; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP). |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3115 |
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Ooka, Hideo; Terkawi, Mohamad A; Cao, Shinuo; Aboge, Gabriel; Goo, Youn-Kyoung; Luo, Yuzi; Li, Yan; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Igarashi, Ikuo; Xuan, Xuenan; 西川, 義文; 五十嵐, 郁男; 玄, 学南. |
A cDNA encoding the Babesia microti 32-kDa protein was identified by serological immunoscreening of a cDNA expression library and designated as BmP32. The full length of BmP32 contains an open reading frame of 918 base pairs consisting of 306 amino acids having a significant homology with B. microti secreted antigen 1. Antiserum raised against recombinant protein (rBmP32) specifically reacted with a 32-kDa native protein of the parasite lysate using western blot analysis. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test showed a preferable localization of BmP32 in the cytoplasm of the intra- and extracellular parasites. Moreover, BmP32 was secreted in the cytosol of infected erythrocytes, especially during the peak parasitemia and the recovery phase of the... |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3820 |
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