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International Journal of Microbiology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 523654, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/523654
Research Article

Expression and Localization of an Hsp70 Protein in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Carrie E. Jolly, Cory A. Leonard, and J. Russell Hayman

Department of Microbiology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70579, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA

Received 19 April 2010; Accepted 22 June 2010

Academic Editor: Robert P. Gunsalus

Copyright © 2010 Carrie E. Jolly et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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