Cloning and expression analysis of two novel paraflagellar rod domain genes found in Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 312-320

  Clark, April K ^a   Kovtunovych, Gennadiy ^a   Kandlikar, Sachin ^a   Lal, Shailesh ^a   Stryker, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Paraflagellar rod; Src Homology 3; Trypanomastid; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA (PROPER); LEISHMANIA (SUBGENUS); TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 21744450727     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1370-2     Document Type: Article

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