Antigenic variation in Pneumocystis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-13

  Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Gene families; Pneumocystis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PARASITISM; RECOMBINATION; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RATTUS;

EID: 33846659706     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00225.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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