Cryptosporidium parvum possesses a short-type replication protein A large subunit that differs from its host

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 367-372

  Zhu, Guan ^a   Marchewka, Mary J ^a   Keithly, Janet S ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; DNA binding protein; Replication protein A large subunit

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPOROZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

APICOMPLEXA; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033062930     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00262-1     Document Type: Article

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