Trypanosoma cruzi ribosomal protein S4: Characterization of its coding locus, analysis of transcripts, and antigenicity of the protein

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-479

  Pérez Escobar, Mariana ^a   Cevallos, Ana María ^a   Espinoza, Bertha ^a   Espinosa, Norma ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^a   Hernández, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gene structure; Kinetoplastid; Ribosome; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLASTIDA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34250833345     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000031     Document Type: Article

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