A gene homologous to hgl2 of Entamoeba histolytica is present and expressed in Entamoeba dispar

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-105

  Pillai, Dylan R ^a   Britten, Dawn ^b   Ackers, John P ^b   Ravdin, Jonathan I ^c   Kain, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Galactose N acetyl galactosamine specific lectin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0030790503     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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