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Analysis ofTheileria parva immunodominant schizont surface antigen by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting

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  1. C. Sugimoto

    Present address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

  2. L. M. Mutharia

    Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Guelf, N1G 2W1, Guelf, Ontario, Canada

  3. W. C. Brown

    Present address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Texas A & M University, 22843-4426, College Station, TX, USA

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  1. National Institute of Animal Health, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    C. Sugimoto

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya

    L. M. Mutharia

  3. International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya

    W. C. Brown & T. T. Dolan

  4. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, V8W 3P6, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    T. W. Pearson

  5. Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    P. A. Conrad

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Sugimoto, C., Mutharia, L.M., Brown, W.C. et al. Analysis ofTheileria parva immunodominant schizont surface antigen by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Parasitol Res 78, 82–85 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936188

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