Trypanosoma rangeli expresses a gene of the group II trans-sialidase superfamily

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Añez Rojas, Néstor ^a   Peralta, Andreína ^b   Crisante, Gladys ^c   Rojas, Agustina ^c   Añez, Néstor ^c   Ramírez, José L ^b,d   Chiurillo, Miguel A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^d Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Superfamily gene; Telomeric genes; trans sialidase; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 19344366799     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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