Invited review Giardia duodenalis: Inter-strain variability of proteins, antigens, proteases, isoenzymes and nucleic acids

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-58

  Guimarães, Semiramis ^a   Sogayar, Maria Inês Lerne ^a   De Franco, Marcello F ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigens; Giardia duodenalis; Isoenzymes; Nucleic acids; Proteases; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ISOENZYME; NUCLEIC ACID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GIARDIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GIARDIA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISOENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0032617707     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651999000100009     Document Type: Article

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