Genomic structure of the actin-encoding gene of Pneumocystis carinii

Parasitology International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Miyahira, Yasushi ^a   Hiraoka, Yoshiki ^a   Komatsu, Naoki ^b   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a   Aiso, Sadakazu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b New Prod and Technology Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Genomic structure; Nucleotide sequence; Opportunistic infection; Pathogen; Pneumocystis carinii

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0041595629     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(97)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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