New tubulins in protozoal parasites

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages

  Vaughan, Susan ^a   Attwood, Teresa ^a   Navarro, Miguel ^a   Scott, Valerie ^a   McKean, Paul ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; PROTOZOON; TUBULIN;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034611755     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00414-0     Document Type: Letter

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