Kinetoplast minicircle DNA from Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-374

  McCann, S H E ^a   Eresh, S ^a   Barker, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania (V.) lainsoni; Minicircle DNA; PCR

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; KINETOPLAST DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; FLUORESCENT DYES; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

EID: 0032893010     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003916     Document Type: Article

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