Purification and characterization of a microsporidian polar tube protein

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-259

  Keohane, Elaine M ^a,b   Orr, George A ^a   Takvorian, Peter M ^c   Cali, Ann ^c   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Wittner, Murray ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glugea americanus; Microsporidia; Polar tube; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TUBE;

GLUGEA AMERICANUS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0030221999     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02666-7     Document Type: Article

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