Article
Comparison of tsa417-like variant-specific surface protein (VSP) genes in Giardia intestinalis and identification of a novel locus in genetic group II isolates.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 1998
Ey P L, Darby J M, Mayrhofer G
Abstract excerpt
A gene (vsp417-3A-II) encoding a new member of the variant-specific surface protein (VSP) family of Giardia is described. Vsp417-3A-II is detected exclusively in isolates belonging to the genetic Assemblage A/Group II sublineage of G. intestinalis, and it is closely related to a previously charac...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Antigens, Surface
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genotype
- Giardia lamblia
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protozoan Proteins
- Sequence Alignment