Analysis of the major microsporidian polar tube proteins

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Keohane, Elaine M ^a,b   Orr, George A ^a   Takvorian, Peter M ^c   Cali, Ann ^c   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Wittner, Murray ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPORUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0033198420     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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