Radically different maxicircle classes within the same kinetoplast: An artefact or a novel feature of the kinetoplast genome?

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Flegontov, Pavel N ^a   Kolesnikov, Alexander A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; KINETOPLAST DNA; TUNICAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

EID: 33749316473     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: 14759292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-5-5     Document Type: Article

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