Genomic variation in Trypanosoma cruzi clonal cultures

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 410-415

  Alves, Ada M B ^a   De Almeida, Darcy F ^a   Von Krüger, Wanda M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; KARYOTYPING; MICE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUBULIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029941447     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050137     Document Type: Article

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