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Species-characteristic Isoenzymes of Two Aminotransferases in Trypanosomes

Nature New Biology volume 244, pages 69–70 (1973)Cite this article

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TRYPANOSOMES are widely distributed protozoan parasites; some are important pathogens transmitted to man and domestic stock by the tsetse fly in Africa and by triatomine bugs in South America. The taxonomy of the genus Trypanosoma is based chiefly on differences in life history and morphology1, which are supported to some extent by quantitative differences in mitochondrial activity2,3. So-called strains are usually denoted simply by the territory of initial isolation, and characterized imprecisely by infectivity and virulence; immunological typing is of little use4.

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  1. Trypanosomiasis Research Unit, The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8RH

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KILGOUR, V., GODFREY, D. Species-characteristic Isoenzymes of Two Aminotransferases in Trypanosomes. Nature New Biology 244, 69–70 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244069a0

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