CHARACTERIZATION OF RHOPTRY PROTEINS OF EIMERIA-TENELLA SPOROZOITES - ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY OF RHOPTRY EPITOPES WITHIN SPECIES OF THE GENUS EIMERIA AND AMONG 3 ASEXUAL GENERATIONS OF A SINGLE-SPECIES, E-TENELLA

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TOMLEY, FM
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10.1128/IAI.62.10.4656-4658.1994
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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Rhoptry organelles from sporozoites of the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella contain at least 60 independent polypeptides that can be resolved by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Rhoptries from three species of Eimeria that infect chickens share very few antibody cross-reactive epitopes, and there is poor conservation of epitopes among three distinct asexual generations of zoites within the developmental life cycle of a single parasite, E. tenella.
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