Malarial Mitochondrial Genome: The 6kb Element

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 45-60

  Sharma, Indu ^a   Sharma, Y D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0035453099     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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