Ascaris suum: Molecular cloning of an intermediate filament

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 640-645

  Bisoffi, Marco ^a   Betschart, Bruno ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; cDNA; Intermediate filament proteins; Molecular cloning

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCARIS SUUM; HYPODERRIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0029910494     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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