Parasite Genome Projects and the Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Initiative

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 859-862

  Degrave, Wim ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^b   Da Silveira, José Franco ^c   Morel, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clone CL Brener; Parasite Genome Projects; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031267508     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000600023     Document Type: Article

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