Biology of giant proteins of Plasmodium: Resolution on polyacrylamide- agarose composite gels

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-40

  Wiesner, Jochen ^a   Mattei, Denise ^b   Scherf, Artur ^b   Lanzer, Michael ^a  

^a Zentrum fur Infektionsforschung   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031931904     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01155-1     Document Type: Article

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