International Glossina Genome Initiative 2004–2014: A Driver for Post-Genomic Era Research on the African Continent

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Christoffels, Alan ^a   Masiga, Dan ^b   Berriman, Matthew ^c   Lehane, Mike ^d   Touré, Yeya ^e   Aksoy, Serap ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOINFORMATICS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECT GENOME; NONHUMAN; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TRAINING; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84922219511     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003024     Document Type: Article

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