Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi: Molecular characterization of genes encoding putative calcium-binding proteins, highly conserved in trypanosomatids

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-399

  Porcel, Betina M ^a   Bontempi, Esteban J ^a   Henriksson, Jan ^b   Rydåker, Maria ^b   Åslund, Lena ^b   Segura, Elsa L ^a   Pettersson, Ulf ^b   Ruiz, Andrés M ^a  

^a Min de Salud y Accion Social   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030561125     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0127     Document Type: Article

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