Genes and Chromosomes of Leishmania infantum

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 853-858

  Requena, Jose María ^a   Soto, Manuel ^a   Quijada, Luis ^a   Alonso, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene localization; Genomic organization; Leishmania infantum; Molecular karyotype; Pulsed field electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; KARYOTYPING; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0031267691     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761997000600022     Document Type: Article

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