Deletion of the genes for the paraflagellar rod protein PFR-A in Trypanosoma brucei is probably lethal

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 347-351

  Hunger Glaser, Isabel ^a   Seebeck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flagellum; Paraflagellar rod; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

HYGROMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PHLEOMYCIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0031439588     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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