The Trypanosoma cruzi genome initiative

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-22

  Zingales, Bianca ^a   Rondinelli, Edson ^a   Degrave, Wim ^a   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a   Levin, Mariano ^a   Le Paslier, Denis ^a   Modabber, Farrokh ^a   Dobrokhotov, Boris ^a   Swindle, John ^a   Kelly, John M ^a   Åslund, Lena ^a   Hoheisel, Jörg D ^a   Ruiz, Andrés M ^a   Cazzulo, Juan José ^a   Pettersson, Ulf ^a   Frasch, Alberto Carlos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

FILARIA; SCHISTOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031027037     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(96)10074-0     Document Type: Review

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