Entamoeba histolytica encodes a highly divergent β-tubulin

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Katiyar, Santosh K ^a   Edlind, Thomas D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archezoa; Microtubule; Trichomonas vaginalis; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030060536     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb02469.x     Document Type: Article

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