Extrachromosomal DNA - In the apicomplexa

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Wilson, Robert J M ^a   Williamson, Donald H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; CHAPERONE; CIRCULAR DNA; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; MACROLIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MYXOTHIAZOL; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASTID; REVIEW; THEILERIA; TOXOPLASMA;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THEILERIA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0030840057     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.61.1.1-16.1997     Document Type: Review

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