Isolation and characterisation of a genomic clone encoding a cdc2-related kinase of Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Wastling, Jonathan M ^a   Kinnaird, Jane H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; cdc2 Related kinase; Cell cycle; Cyclin dependent kinase; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE;

APICOMPLEXA; CELL CYCLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032128371     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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