Identification of a putative precursor to the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 741-746

  Sunkin, Susan M ^a   Linke, Michael J ^a   McCormack, Francis X ^a   Walzer, Peter D ^a   Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0031905982     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.741-746.1998     Document Type: Article

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