Serological analysis of antigenic heterogeneity of Giardia lamblia variant surface proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1385-1390

  Muller N ^a,b   Stager S ^a   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030002059     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1385-1390.1996     Document Type: Article

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