A tropomyosin gene is differentially expressed in the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-502

  Esteves, Adriana ^a   Señorale, Mario ^a   Ehrlich, Ricardo ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TROPOMYOSIN GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0037389254     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0791-4     Document Type: Article

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