Targeting of proteins to the nuclei of Giardia lamblia

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-319

  Elmendorf, Heidi G ^a   Singer, Steven M ^a   Nash, Theodore E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA CONTENT; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034047557     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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