Major surface glycoprotein genes from Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-226

  Schaffzin, Joshua K ^a   Garbe, Thomas R ^a   Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pneumocystis carinii; Surface antigen genes

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FERRET; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; GROWTH; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII F. SP. RATTI; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033493482     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1171     Document Type: Article

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