The Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Protein is a Member of a Multigene Family and has a Homolog in Toxoplasma

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 980-987

  Templeton, Thomas J ^a   Lancto, Cheryl A ^b   Vigdorovich, Vladimir ^b   Liu, Chang ^b   London, Nicole R ^b   Hadsall, Kelly Z ^b   Abrahamsen, Mitchell S ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COWP1 PROTEIN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYST WALL PROTEIN 1; CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0842283060     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.980-987.2004     Document Type: Article

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