Genetics of surface antigen expression in Pneumocystis carinii.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 2001

Authors

J R Stringer1, S P Keely

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1: Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA. stringjr@ucmail.uc.edu

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