Organization of trans-sialidase genes in Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Egima, Claudia M ^a   Briones, Marcelo R S ^a,c   Freitas Jr , Lucio H G ^a   Schenkman, Rocilda P F ^a,d   Uemura, Haruki ^b   Schenkman, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Gene; Sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029952561     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02582-0     Document Type: Article

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