GARP is highly conserved among Trypanosoma congolense Savannah, Forest and Kilifi subgroups

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 303-306

  Asbeck, Karin ^a   Ruepp, Stefan ^b   Roditi, Isabel ^b   Gibson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GARP; Major surface glycoproteins; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID ALANINE RICH PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0034007604     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00217-0     Document Type: Article

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