Genome research and evolution in trypanosomes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 699-703

  Donelson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; SHORT SURVEY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030448408     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80023-2     Document Type: Article

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