Molecular parasitology in the 21st Century

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Docampo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENOME; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84862624167     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0510001     Document Type: Review

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