Two genes encoding unique proliferating-cell-nuclear-antigens are expressed in Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-131

  Guerini, Michael N ^a   Que, Xuchu ^b   Reed, Sharon L ^b   White, Michael W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; MRNA expression; Parasite; Phylogeny; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0033839286     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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