Stage specific kinetoplast DNA-binding proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-146

  Zavala Castro, Jorge E ^a,b   Acosta Viana, Karla ^a,b   Guzmán Marín, Eugenia ^b   Rosado Barrera, María Eugenia ^b   Rosales Encina, José Luis ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b CIR Hideyo Noguchi   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA organization; Kinetoplast DNA binding proteins; Mitochondrial DNA; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KINETOPLAST DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIMASTIGOTE; KINETOPLAST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PROBES; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0034684062     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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