Unravelling the Leishmania genome

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 704-710

  Ivens, Alasdair C ^a   Blackwell, Jenefer M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030449858     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80024-4     Document Type: Article

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