Variety of serotypes of Paramecium primaurelia: Single epitopes are responsible for immunological differentiation

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-327

  Simon, Martin C ^a   Schmidt, Helmut J ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine rich protein; Immune system; Paramecium; Parasite; Surface antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CILIATE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM PRIMAURELIA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMECIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 27244433504     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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