Analysis of the mitochondrial maxicircle of Trypanosoma lewisi, a neglected human pathogen
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Dottup plot comparative analysis of maxicircle sequence of T. lewisi against maxicircle sequences of T. cruzi (A), T. rangeli (B), T. brucei (C) and L. tarentolae (D), respectively. Diagonal lines indicate that the DNA sequences of two compared species are identical in the corresponding regions. Each dot represents an exact match over of 10 nt. A remarkable break region in T. lewisi vs. L. tarentolae is indicated by a red box.
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دوره 8 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015