Gene analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum HNJ-1 strain isolated in Japan

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 452-457

  Satoh, Masaaki ^a,d   Kimata, Isao ^b   Iseki, Motohiro ^c   Nakai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 27744547871     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1474-8     Document Type: Article

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