Analysis and chromosomal mapping of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis amastigote expressed sequence tags

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 707-711

  Gentil, Luciana Girotto ^a   Lasakosvitsch, Fernanda ^a   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a   Dos Santos, Márcia Regina Machado ^a   Barbiéri, Clara Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; cDNA library; Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 36248969480     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000600008     Document Type: Article

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