Minicircle organization and diversity in Trypanosoma cruzi populations

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 270-272

  Junqueira, Angela C V ^a   Degrave, Wim ^a   Brandão, Adeilton ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ISOENZYME; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KINETOPLAST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 19444369485     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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