Fig. 2.

The expression of musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene (MAF) transcription factors c-MAF and MAFB 72 h post-activation and Theileria annulata infection. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis of (A) c-MAF and (B) MAFB average log₂ mRNA fold change after 72 h in culture compared with resting monocytes. M denotes medium only, Ta denotes T. annulata-infected tick preparations and U denotes uninfected tick preparations. The error bars indicate the standard error for monocytes isolated from four cattle. The statistical significance of the difference in fold change is indicated and ** denotes P ⩽ 0.001.