Trypanosoma cruzi: Mutations in the 3′ untranslated region of calmodulin gene are specific for lineages T. cruzi I, T. cruzi II, and the Zymodeme III isolates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Brandão, Adeilton ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3 UTR, 3 untranslated region; CAL A, CAL B, calmodulin A, B; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; Isolates; mRNA, messenger RNA; Phylogenetic lineages; RNA, ribonucleic acid optimal folding; Trypanosoma cruzi; ZI, ZII, ZIII, Zymodeme I, II, III

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; PURINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALMODULIN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33644937685     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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