Novel features of a PIWI-like protein homolog in the parasitic protozoan Leishmania.

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Published in PLoS One on December 21, 2012

Authors

Prasad K Padmanabhan1, Carole Dumas, Mukesh Samant, Annie Rochette, Martin J Simard, Barbara Papadopoulou

Author Affiliations

1: Research Centre in Infectious Diseases, CHUL Research Centre (CHUQ) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

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