Molecular cloning and functional characterization of protein phosphatase 2C of two scuticociliates - Uronema marinum and Miamiensis avidus (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatia)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Lee, Eun Hye ^a   Kim, Ki Hong ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Miamiensis avidus; Protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C); Scuticociliates; Uronema marinum

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA; URONEMA MARINUM;

EID: 78649370919     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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