Identification and characterization of Eimeria tenella apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA1).
Apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA1) is a micronemal protein of apicomplexan parasites that appears to be essential during the invasion of host cells.In this study, a full-length cDNA of AMA1 was identified from Eimeria tenella (Et) using expressed sequence tag and the rapid amplification of cDNA ends technique.EtAMA1 had an open reading frame of 1608