Cloning of the entire COWP gene of Cryptosporidium parvum and ultrastructural localization of the protein during sexual parasite development

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 427-437

  Spano, F ^a   Puri, C ^a   Ranucci, L ^a   Putignani, L ^a   Crisanti, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COWP gene; Cryptosporidium parvum; immunolocalization; macrogrametes; oocyst wall; wall forming bodies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPITHELIUM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; ILEUM; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030991580     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008761     Document Type: Article

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