Evolutionary relationships in Trypanosoma cruzi: Molecular phylogenetics supports the existence of a new major lineage of strains

Gene

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 331-338

  Robello, Carlos ^a,b   Gamarro, Francisco ^b   Castanys, Santiago ^b   Alvarez Valin, Fernando ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Pteridine reductase; Strains; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PTERIDINE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034603698     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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