Echinococcus granulosus antigen B is encoded by a gene family

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-237

  Chemale, Gustavo ^a   Haag, Karen L ^a   Ferreira, Henrique B ^a   Zaha, Arnaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigen B; Echinococcus granulosus; Gene family; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMMUNOGENICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0034894026     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00316-4     Document Type: Article

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