Regulation of antigenic variation in Giardia lamblia

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2011, Pages 611-630

  Prucca, César G ^a   Rivero, Fernando D ^a   Lujn, Hugo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Immune evasion; Parasite; RNA interference; Surface antigen; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE SILENCING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80053240822     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-090110-102940     Document Type: Review

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