Characterisation of the novel junctions of two minichromosomes of Leishmania major

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-144

  Ortiz, Ginés ^a   Segovia, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct repeat; DNA amplification; Inverted repeat; Leishmania major; Minichromosome; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030602260     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02724-7     Document Type: Article

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