The Malaria genome

Malaria: Molecular and Clinical Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 153-179

  Scherf, Artur ^a   Bottius, Emmanuel ^a   Hernandez Rivas, Rosaura ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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