Characterization of the genomic locus expressing the ERM-like protein of Echinococcus multilocularis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-152

  Brehm, Klaus ^a   Jensen, Katharina ^a   Frosch, Petra ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5' intron; Cestoda; Echinococcus multilocularis; EM10; Gene structure; Promoter

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 0033006930     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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