Trypanosoma brucei: Two steps to spread out from Africa

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 424-427

  Lun, Zhao Rong ^a   Lai, De Hua ^a,b   Li, Feng Jun ^c   Lukeš, Julius ^b   Ayala, Francisco J ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); KINETOPLAST DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 77955926768     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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