Phylogenic analysis of Chinese Leishmania isolates based on small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) and 7 spliced leader RNA (7SL RNA)

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-113

  Guan, Wang ^a,b   Cao, De Ping ^a,c   sun, Ke ^a   Xu, Jia nan ^a   Zhang, Jun rong ^a   Chen, Da Li ^a   Chen, Jian Ping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

7SL RNA; China; Leishmania; phylogeny; SSU RNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CYTOCHROMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA SP.; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84861002678     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-012-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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