Differential mRNA display cloning and characterization of a Cryptosporidium parvum gene expressed during intracellular development

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Schroeder, Alison A ^a   Lawrence, Catherine E ^a   Abrahamsen, Mitchell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033012209     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285622     Document Type: Article

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