Phylogenetic study of the genus Plasmodium based on the secondary structure-based alignment of the small subunit ribosomal RNA

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Escalante, Ananias A ^a   Goldman, Ira F ^a   De Rijk, Peter ^b   De Wachter, Rupert ^b   Collins, William E ^a   Qari, Shoukat H ^a   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Malaria; Molecular epidemiology; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium simium; Ribosomal RNA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM SIMIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031466654     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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