Abstract:
:SDS-PAGE and iso-enzyme analysis of 11 human isolates of Blastocystis hominis revealed at least two variants with different polypeptide patterns and two zymodemes, respectively. This is the first iso-enzyme and the second protein analysis to indicate strain differences in B. hominis.
journal_name
J Med Microbioljournal_title
Journal of medical microbiologyauthors
Mansour NS,Mikhail EM,el Masry NA,Sabry AG,Mohareb EWdoi
10.1099/00222615-42-4-304subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-04-01 00:00:00pages
304-7issue
4eissn
0022-2615issn
1473-5644journal_volume
42pub_type
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更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of medical microbiology
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doi:10.1099/jmm.0.46314-0
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1099/jmm.0.45635-0
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1099/jmm.0.000956
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of medical microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1099/00222615-26-3-237
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1099/00222615-25-1-7
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
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