Cryptosporidium parvum genes containing thrombospondin type 1 domains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6987-6995

  Deng, Mingqi ^a   Templeton, Thomas J ^b   London, Nicole R ^a   Bauer, Carrey ^a   Schroeder, Alison A ^a   Abrahamsen, Mitchell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; KRINGLE DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 0036892225     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.6987-6995.2002     Document Type: Article

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