A survey of Leishmania braziliensis genome by shotgun sequencing

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Laurentino, Eliane C ^a   Ruiz, Jeronimo C ^a   Fazelinia, Gholam ^b   Myler, Peter J ^b,c   Degrave, Wim ^d   Alves Ferreira, Marcelo ^d   Ribeiro, José Marcos C ^e   Cruz, Angela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene discovery; Genome survey sequencing (GSS); Leishmania braziliensis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DRUG TARGETING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HAPLOIDY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 3343014114     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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