The Leishmania genome comes of age

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Ivens, A C ^a   Blackwell, J M ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

LEISHMANIA;

EID: 0033153114     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01455-6     Document Type: Review

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