Genotyping of Panamanian Trypanosoma cruzi stocks using the calmodulin 3′UTR polymorphisms

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-526

  Brandao, Adeilton ^c   Samudio, Franklyn ^b   Fernandes, Octavio ^c   Calzada, Jose E ^b   Sousa, Octavio E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALMODULIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; PANAMA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 38549157948     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0775-5     Document Type: Article

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