The modified DNA base β-d-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil is not found in the tsetse fly stages of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-130

  Van Leeuwen, Fred ^a   Dirks Mulder, Anita ^a   Dirks, Roeland W ^b   Borst, Piet ^a   Gibson, Wendy ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; DNA modification; In situ hybridisation

Indexed keywords

URACIL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DNA MODIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032128170     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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