The Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Project: Nuclear Karyotype and Gene Mapping of Clone CL Brener

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 821-828

  Santos, Marcia R M ^a   Cano, Maria I ^a   Schijman, Alejandro ^b   Lorenzi, Hernan ^b   Vázquez, Martin ^b   Levin, Mariano J ^b   Ramirez, José Luis ^c   Brandão, Adeílton ^d   Degrave, Wim M ^d   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome mapping; Clone CL Brener; Genetic map; Genome project; Molecular karyotype; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLONING; GENETICS; GENOME; KARYOTYPING; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, ORGANISM; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; KARYOTYPING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031267532     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000600018     Document Type: Article

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