Leishmania herreri (kinetoplastida; trypanosomatidae) is more closely related to Endotrypanum (kinetoplastida; trypanosomatidae) than to Leishmania

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Noyes, Harry A ^a   Perez Camps, Arantza ^a   Chance, Michael L ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endotrypanum; Leishmania herreri; Macrophage; Ribosomal DNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLATE; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; ENDOTRYPANUM; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA HERRERI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030250028     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02679-5     Document Type: Article

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