A theoretical study of random segregation of minicircles in trypanosomatids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1419, 1999, Pages 611-620

  Savill, Nicholas J ^a   Higgs, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Crithidia fasciculata; Guide RNA; Kinetoplast DNA; Leishmania tarentolae

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0033594223     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0680     Document Type: Article

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