Trypanosoma cruzi tubulin eliminated in the urine of the infected host

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 608-614

  Bertot, Gustavo M ^c   Corral, Ricardo S ^c   Fresno, Manuel ^a,c   Rodríguez, Clara ^a,c   Katzin, Alejandro M ^b,c   Grinstein, Saul ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; DOG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031813606     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284731     Document Type: Article

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