Echinococcus granulosus: Preparation of protein extracts from protoscolex nuclei for mobility-shift assays

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 598-600

  Garat, Beatriz ^a   Esperón, Patricia ^a   Picón, Marina ^a   Ehrlich, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SCOLEX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SHEEP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031949813     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050457     Document Type: Article

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