Differential Distribution of Genes Encoding the Virulence Factor Trans-Sialidase along Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Units

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Burgos, Juan M ^a   Risso, Marikena G ^a   Brenière, Simone Frédérique ^b   Barnabé, Christian ^b   Campetella, Oscar ^c   Leguizamón, María Susana ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; SIALIDASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; ATS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRETE TYPING UNIT; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; ITS GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CODON; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84874900957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058967     Document Type: Article

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