Molecular cloning of the major surface antigen of leishmania

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 724-729

  Button, Linda L ^a   Robert Mcmaster, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023837354     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.167.2.724     Document Type: Article

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