Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi TcRjl locus and analysis of its transcript

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-333

  Nepomuceno Silva, J L ^a   De Melo, L D B ^a   Mendonca S M ^a   Paixao J C ^b   Lopes, U G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GTP binding proteins; Ras superfamily; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RJL; SPLICED LEADER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 4644294377     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005621     Document Type: Article

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