Genetic Variation and Exchange in Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates from the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Roellig, Dawn M ^a   Savage, Mason Y ^a   Fujita, A Wendy ^a   Barnabé, Christian ^b   Tibayrenc, Michel ^c   Steurer, Frank J ^d   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c University de Montpellier   (France)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN MSH2; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 24S; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARNIVORA; CELL NUCLEUS; COII ND1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHFR TS GENE; DOG; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MSH2 GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RACCOON; REDUVIIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TC52 GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874006508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056198     Document Type: Article

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