Differential accumulation of mutations localized in particular domains of the mucin genes expressed in the vertebrate host stage of Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-91

  Campo, Vanina ^a   Di Noia, Javier M ^a,b   Buscaglia, Carlos A ^a,c   Agüero, Fernán ^a   Sánchez, Daniel O ^a   Frasch, Alberto C C ^a,d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA INDUSTRIAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Mucins; TG microsatellites; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATE;

INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344234334     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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