A new locus (vsp417-4) belonging to the tsa417-like subfamily of variant-specific surface protein genes in Giardia intestinalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-68

  Ey, Peter L ^a   Darby, Jocelyn M ^a   Mayrhofer, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alleles; Evolution; Giardia; Multigene family; Protein structure; Surface proteins

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0033525702     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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