LCCL proteins of apicomplexan parasites

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 102-108

  Dessens, Johannes T ^a   Sinden, Robert E ^a   Claudianos, Charles ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN LCCL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THEILERIA; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 1342328129     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.01.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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