Phylogenetic analysis of β-tubulin sequences from amitochondrial protozoa

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-367

  Edlind, Thomas D ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Vodkin, Michael H ^c,d   McLaughlin, Gerald L ^e   Katiyar, Santosh K ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FUNGUS; GENE; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FUNGI; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030122584     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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