Identification of variant-specific surface proteins in Giardia muris trophozoites

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 5208-5211

  Ropolo, Andrea S ^a   Saura, Alicia ^a   Carranza, Pedro G ^a   Lujan, Hugo D ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA MURIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 23344453708     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.5208-5211.2005     Document Type: Article

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