Phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosomatina (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) based on minicircle conserved regions

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Yurchenko, Vyacheslav ^a,c   Kolesnikov, Alexander A ^a   Lukeš, Julius ^b,d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c PICOWER INST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Kinetoplast DNA; Kinetoplastida; Minicircle; Molecular phylogeny; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA; PHYTOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 0034010903     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.001     Document Type: Article

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