Gene fusion analysis in the battle against the African endemic sleeping sickness.

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Published in PLoS One on July 17, 2013

Authors

Philip Trimpalis1, Vassiliki Lila Koumandou, Evangelia Pliakou, Nicholas P Anagnou, Sophia Kossida

Author Affiliations

1: Bioinformatics & Medical Informatics Team, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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