Molecular characterization of the D surface protein gene subfamily in Paramecium tetraurelia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 314-322

  Breuer, Marion ^a,b   Schulte, Gerald ^a   Schwegmann, Klaus J ^a   Schmidt, Helmut J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine periodicity; immobilization antigen; isogenes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0030197519     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb03994.x     Document Type: Article

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