中國農(nóng)業(yè)科學院上海獸醫(yī)研究所動物寄生蟲與生物媒介控制團隊在雞球蟲鈣離子信號通路研究方面取得重要進展,發(fā)現(xiàn)Ca2+信號通路中的重要效應分子鈣依賴蛋白激酶4(EtCDPK4)可以與翻譯起始因子eIF-5A(EteIF-5A)和 Et14-3-3蛋白發(fā)生互作,在球蟲入侵、生長發(fā)育等過程中發(fā)揮重要功能。相關研究成果以“ Eimeria tenella translation initiation factor eIF-5A that interacts with calcium-dependent protein kinase 4 is involved in host cell invasion”、“Characteristics analyses of Eimeria tenella 14-3-3 protein and veri?cation of its interaction with calcium-dependent protein kinase 4”為題分別發(fā)表《Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology》和《European Journal of Protistology》上。