LIS - Legume Information System
Information about legume traits for crop improvement
CicerMine
v5.1.0.3
Cicer data from the Legume Information System
v5.1.0.3
Cicer data from the Legume Information System
| Type | Family |
| Description | Members of this family are found in the parasite Babesia bigemina. Other rhoptry-associated proteins are found in Plasmodium falciparum but these do not belong to this family. Animal infection with B. bigemina may produce a pattern similar to human malaria [ ]. Rhoptry organelles form part of the apical complex in apicomplexan parasites. Rhoptry-associated proteins are antigenic, and generate partially protective immune responses in infected mammals. Thus RAPs are among the targeted vaccine antigens for babesial (and malarial) parasites. However, RAP-1 proteins are encoded by by a multigene family; thus RAP-1 proteins are polymorphic, with B and T cell epitopes that are conserved among strains, but not across species [ , , ]. Antibodies to B. bigemina RAP-1 may also be helpful in the serological detection of B. bigemina infections []. |
| Short Name | RAP-1 |
