Mechanisms of adaptation in the intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-191

  Lujan, Hugo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84862614040     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0510177     Document Type: Article

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