Diagnostic glycoproteins of Taenia solium cysts share homologous 14- and 18-kDa subunits

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-261

  Greene, Ryan M ^a,b   Wilkins, Patricia P ^b   Tsang, Victor C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Diagnosis; Glycoproteins; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0032954051     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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