Pyruvate : Ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Entamoeba histolytica recognized by a monoclonal antibody

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Thammapalerd, Nitaya ^a   Kotimanusvanij, Daroon ^a,b   Duchêne, Michael ^c,d   Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^c   Mitchell, Roger ^e   Healey, Andrew ^e   Samarawickrema, Nirma ^e   Tharavanij, Savanat ^a   Wiedermann, Gerhard ^c   Upcroft, Peter ^e  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Inst Specific Prophylaxis Trop M

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

AMEBIASIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; GENE LIBRARY; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0030090247     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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