Gene discovery in Triatoma infestans

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Avila, María L ^a   Tekiel, Valeria ^a   Moretti, Georgina ^a   Nicosia, Soledad ^a   Bua, Jacqueline ^b   Lammel, Estela M ^c   Stroppa, María M ^d   De Burgos, Nelia M Gerez ^d   Sánchez, Daniel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; INSECT GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REDUVIIDAE; REPRODUCTION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; TRIATOMA;

HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIATOMA;

EID: 79952703953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-39     Document Type: Article

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