Genomic organization of Trypanosoma brucei kinetoplast DNA minicircles

Protist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-279

  Hong, Min ^a,b   Simpson, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0041927730     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/143446103322166554     Document Type: Article

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