The Entamoeba histolytica proteasome α-subunit gene

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-135

  Ramos, Marco A ^a   Stock, Roberto P ^a   Sánchez López, Rosana ^a   Olvera, Felipe ^a   Lizardi, Paul M ^a   Alagón, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; molecular cloning; proteasome alpha

Indexed keywords

PROTEASOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031040265     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02770-3     Document Type: Article

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