Search results for " AMA-1"

Identification and molecular characterization of an antigen of Babesia bigemina with homology to the Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA-1) of Apicomplexa

2008

Babesia bigemina Apical Membrane Antigen-1: features of the gene and predictive information of the protein from Italian strains

2010

Babesia bigemina is a tick-borne haemoparasite affecting cattle in different parts of the world. One of the few antigens characterized in this species codifies for the Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA-1), a transmembrane protein recently identified. In this work, we characterized the ama-1 gene from four Italian B.bigemina strains, two obtained from Ragusa, Sicily (ITA1 and ITA3), one obtained from Benevento, Campania (ITA2) and one coming from Perugia, Umbria (ITA4). Italian sequences were compared to the Australian strain, whose sequence is available in the Sanger Institute web site, and to some strains coming from different parts of the world. This study provides useful information on the …