Myocardial G proteins in murine Chagas' disease

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 663-670

  Huang, Huan ^a   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Bilezikian, John P ^a   Wittner, Murray ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a   Morris, Stephen A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MYOCARDIUM; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030834224     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284244     Document Type: Article

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