Cloning and characterization of serine-rich Entamoeba histolytica protein gene from an Iranian E. histolytica isolate

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 654-658

  Rasti, Sima ^a,d   Haghighi, Ali ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^a,b   Rezaian, Mostafa ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cloning; Entamoeba histolytica; Iran; SREHP

Indexed keywords

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646341775     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.654.658     Document Type: Article

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