How to succeed in parasitic life without sex? Asking Leishmania

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-85

  Victoir, Kathleen ^a   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 63; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEISHMANIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036165943     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02199-7     Document Type: Review

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