The beta tubulin gene of Eimeria tenella

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 315-319

  Zhu, Guan ^a   Keithly, Janet S ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apicomplexa; coccidia; Eimeria tenella; tubulin gene

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA TENELLA;

EID: 0029938028     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02536-7     Document Type: Article

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