Assembly of a Large Collection of Maxicircle Sequences and Their Usefulness for <i>Leishmania</i> Taxonomy and Strain Typing

Parasites of medical importance, such as <i>Leishmania</i> and <i>Trypanosoma,</i> are characterized by the presence of thousands of circular DNA molecules forming a structure known as kinetoplast, within the mitochondria. The maxicircles, which are equivalent to the mitochon...

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Main Authors: Jose Carlos Solana, Carmen Chicharro, Emilia García, Begoña Aguado, Javier Moreno, Jose M. Requena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/6/1070