Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar: Differences in numbers and expression of cysteine proteinase genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Bruchhaus, Iris ^a   Jacobs, Thomas ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0029802679     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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