A novel family of cyst proteins with epidermal growth factor repeats in Giardia lamblia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Chiu, Pei Wei ^a   Huang, Yu Chang ^a   Pan, Yu Jiao ^a   Wang, Chih Hung ^a   Sun, Chin Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE CYST PROTEIN 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE CYST PROTEIN 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE CYST PROTEIN 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE CYST PROTEIN 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE CYST PROTEIN 5; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE CYST PROTEIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 77955294925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000677     Document Type: Article

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