Genome of the Avirulent Human-Infective Trypanosome—Trypanosoma rangeli

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Stoco, Patrícia Hermes ^a   Wagner, Glauber ^a,b   Talavera Lopez, Carlos ^c   Gerber, Alexandra ^d   Zaha, Arnaldo ^e   Thompson, Claudia Elizabeth ^d   Bartholomeu, Daniella Castanheira ^f   Lückemeyer, Débora Denardin ^a   Bahia, Diana ^f,g   Loreto, Elgion ^h   Prestes, Elisa Beatriz ^a   Lima, Fábio Mitsuo ^g   Rodrigues Luiz, Gabriela ^f   Vallejo, Gustavo Adolfo ⁱ   Filho, José Franco da Silveira ^g   Schenkman, Sérgio ^g   Monteiro, Karina Mariante ^e   Tyler, Kevin Morris ^j   Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de ^d   Ortiz, Mauro Freitas ^e   Chiurillo, Miguel Angel ^g,k   Moraes, Milene Höehr de ^a   Cunha, Oberdan de Lima ^d   Mendonça Neto, Rondon ^f   Silva, Rosane ^l   Teixeira, Santuza Maria Ribeiro ^f   Murta, Silvane Maria Fonseca ^m   Sincero, Thais Cristine Marques ^a   Mendes, Tiago Antonio de Oliveira ^f   Urmenyi, Turán Peter ^l   Silva, Viviane Grazielle ^f   DaRocha, Wanderson Duarte ⁿ   Andersson, Björn ^c   Romanha, Álvaro José ^a   Steindel, Mário ^a   Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de ^c   Grisard, Edmundo Carlos ^a   more..

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA   (Colombia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^m INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

ⁿ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DCL2 GENE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KARYOTYPE; KINETOPLAST; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 84907584660     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003176     Document Type: Article

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