Heat shock does not increase the transcriptional efficiency of the Hsp 70 genes of Trypanosoma brucei

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 608-613

  Lee, Mary Gwo Shu ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029615385     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1995.1156     Document Type: Article

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