DNA metabolism and genetic diversity in Trypanosomes

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 612, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-57

  Machado, Carlos Renato ^a   Augusto Pinto, Luiz ^a   McCulloch, Richard ^b   Teixeira, Santuza M R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Genetic variability; Recombination; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 29844439384     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2005.05.001     Document Type: Review

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