Control of ferredoxin and Gal/GalNAc lectin gene expression in Entamoeba histolytica by a cis-acting DNA sequence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2383-2386

  Gilchrist, Carol A ^a   Mann, Barbara J ^a   Petri Jr , William A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; FERREDOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSENTERY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0031899365     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2383-2386.1998     Document Type: Article

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