The putative telomerase reverse transcriptase component of Leishmania amazonensis: Gene cloning and characterization

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 447-454

  Giardini, Miriam A ^a   Lira, Cristina B B ^a   Conte, Fábio F ^a   Camillo, Luciana R ^b   De Siqueira Neto, Jair L ^a   Ramos, Carlos H I ^b   Cano, Maria Isabel N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELOMERASE;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 33645241959     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0036-4     Document Type: Article

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