Genus-specific expression from the SL RNA promoter of Leishmania amazonensis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-270

  Garlapati, Srinivas ^a   Aly, Radi ^b   Shapira, Michal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 0031825324     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4291     Document Type: Article

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