Phylogenetic analysis of Perkinsus based on actin gene sequences

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Reece, Kimberly S ^a   Siddall, Mark E ^a,b   Burreson, Eugene M ^a   Graves, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHELLFISH;

EID: 0030955515     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284403     Document Type: Article

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