Will the real Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense please step forward?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 486-490

  Gibson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SERUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0036860391     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02390-5     Document Type: Review

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