Sequence homology within a minicircle class of the Leishmania donovani complex

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 229-232

  Lambson, Bronwen ^a   Smyth, Audra ^a   Barker, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDE RNA; KINETOPLAST DNA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033066725     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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