Expression of Toxoplasma gondii genes in the closely-related apicomplexan parasite Neospora caninum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Howe, Daniel K ^a   Mercier, Corinne ^a   Messina, Marinella ^a   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030946239     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)90003-7     Document Type: Article

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