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SUBMITTER: Belli SI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2726925 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal for parasitology 20090525 10
Vaccination with proteins from gametocytes of Eimeria maxima protects chickens, via transfer of maternal antibodies, against infection with several species of Eimeria. Antibodies to E. maxima gametocyte proteins recognise proteins in the wall forming bodies of macrogametocytes and oocyst walls of E. maxima, Eimeria tenella and Eimeria acervulina. Homologous genes for two major gametocyte proteins - GAM56 and GAM82 - were found in E. maxima, E. tenella and E. acervulina. Alignment of the predicte ...[more]