Cloning and expression of the Entamoeba histolytica ERD2 gene

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Sanchez Lopez, Rosana ^a   Gama Castro, Socorro ^a   Ramos, Marco A ^a   Merino, Enrique ^a   Lizardi, Paul M ^a,b   Alagón, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; ERD2; Golgi marker; KDEL HDEL receptor; Molecular cloning; Secretory pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0032078829     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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