The growing importance of the plastid-like DNA of the Apicomplexa

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1139-1150

  Jeffries, Alex C ^a   Johnson, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; chemotherapeutics; evolution; Plasmodium; plastid; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EIMERIA; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA BOVIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG DESIGN; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTIDS; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030294977     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00098-7     Document Type: Review

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