Entamoeba dispar: Cloning and characterization of peroxiredoxin genes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Tachibana, Hiroshi ^a   Cheng, Xun Jia ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXIREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0033963677     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4461     Document Type: Article

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