Identification of two alleles in the GRA4 locus of Toxoplasma gondii determining a differential epitope which allows discrimination of type I versus type II and III strains

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-263

  Meisel, Roland ^a   Stachelhaus, Stefan ^a   Mévélec, Marie Noëlle ^b   Reichmann, Gaby ^a   Dubremetz, Jean François ^b   Fischer, Hans Georg ^a  

^a Inst for Med Microbiol/Virology   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; epitope; GRA4; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasma strains

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030607424     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02719-3     Document Type: Article

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