The Echinococcus granulosus antigen B shows a high degree of genetic variability

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 76-80

  Arend, A C ^a   Zaha, A ^a   Ayala, F J ^b   Haag, K L ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen B; Cloning; Echinococcus granulosus; Genetic variability; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; INSECTA;

EID: 7444235415     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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