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The SRA gene: the key to understanding the nature of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2005

W. C. GIBSON
W. C. GIBSON
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK
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Parasitology , Volume 131 , Issue 2 , August 2005 , pp. 143 - 150
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2005 Cambridge University Press

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