The Trichomonas vaginalis phenotypically varying P270 immunogen is highly conserved except for numbers of repeated elements

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-104

  Alderete, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Host parasite; Tandemly repeating element (TRE); Trichomonas vaginalis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; START CODON; TANDEM REPEAT; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0032807184     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0281     Document Type: Article

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