Translocation of surface antigen genes to a unique telomeric expression site in Pneumocystis carinii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-295

  Sunkin, Susan M ^a   Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0030027770     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.375905.x     Document Type: Article

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