Simultaneous expression of different variant-specific surface proteins in single Giardia lamblia trophozoites during encystation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5265-5268

  Carranza, Pedro G ^a   Feltes, Gisela ^a   Ropolo, Andrea ^a   Quintana, Silvia M C ^a   Touz, María C ^a   Luján, Hugo D ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 9B10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SPECIFIC SURFACE PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036718467     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5265-5268.2002     Document Type: Article

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