A SUPERFAMILY OF TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI SURFACE-ANTIGENS

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作者
CAMPETELLA, O
SANCHEZ, D
CAZZULO, JJ
FRASCH, ACC
机构
[1] Oscar Competello, Daniel 0. Sánchez, Juan J. Cazzulo and Alberto Carlos C. Frosch are at the Instituto de Investigociones Bioquímicas 'Luis F. Leloir', Fundoción Campomar, CONICET Focultod de Ciencios Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Anton
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1992年 / 8卷 / 11期
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10.1016/0169-4758(92)90175-2
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Several genes of Trypanosoma cruzi encode surface antigens that include an amino acid motif that is conserved among bacterial neuraminidases. Oscar Competella, Daniel Sanchez, Juan Jose Cazzulo and Alberto Carlos Frasch here suggest grouping these gene families in a superfamily.
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