Sequence and functional analysis of the intergenic regions separating babesial rhoptry-associated protein-1 (rap-1) genes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-194

  Suarez, Carlos E ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Hötzel, Isidro ^a   Hines, Stephen A ^a   McElwain, Terry F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; CANIS; FELIS CATUS; OVIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031691076     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4321     Document Type: Article

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