Sequence conservation of schistosome cyclophilins

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-242

  Klinkert, Mo Quen ^b   Bugli, Francesca ^b   Cruz, Jose ^a,b   Engels, Boris ^b   Cioli, Donato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

nucleotide sequences; recombinant cyclophilins; S. japonicum; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHILIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0345345273     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02692-8     Document Type: Article

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