Molecular pathobiology and antigenic variation of Pneumocystis carinii
Nakamura, Y.; Wada, M.
Advances in Parasitology 41: 63-107
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-308X PMID: 9734292 Accession: 003205671
Following discussion of the life cycle, molecular taxonomy and molecular biology of P. carinii and molecular diagnosis of P. carinii pneumonia, the major surface glycoproteins (MSG) of P. carinii and their genes are extensively reviewed.
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