Genetic Data Showing Evolutionary Links between Leishmania and Endotrypanum

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 677-683

  Cupolillo, Elisa ^a   Pereira, Luiza O R ^a   Fernandes, Octávio ^a   Catanho, Marcos P ^a   Pereira, Júlio C ^b   Medina Acosta, Enrique ^b   Grimaldi Jr , Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endotrypanum; kDNA; Leishmania colombiensis; Leishmania equatorensis; Molecular characterization; Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis; Numerical analysis; Sialidase activity

Indexed keywords

ENDOTRYPANUM; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA COLOMBIENSIS; LEISHMANIA EQUATORENSIS; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; GENE; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; LEISHMANIA; NEURAMINIDASE; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 0032151385     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000500020     Document Type: Article

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