Complete gene map of the plastid-like DNA of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-172

 

^a Iain)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Malaria; Non photosynthetic plastids; Plastid DNA

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EUBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTISTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030590259     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0449     Document Type: Article

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