Bradyzoite-specific genes

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 219, Issue , 1996, Pages 81-91

  Bohne, W ^a   Parmley, S F ^b   Yang, S ^b   Gross, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029783982     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-51014-4_9     Document Type: Review

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