The primary structure of Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense variant surface glycoproteins

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Urakawa, Toyohiko ^a,b   Eshita, Yuki ^a,c   Majiwa, Phelix A O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0031106406     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.4140     Document Type: Article

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