Gene discovery by EST sequencing in Toxoplasma gondii reveals sequences restricted to the apicomplexa

Genome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-28

  Ajioka, James W ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^b   Brunk, Brian P ^c   Hehl, Adrian ^b   Hillier, Ledeana ^d   Manger, Ian D ^b   Marra, Marco ^d   Overton, G Christian ^c   Roos, David S ^c   Wan, Kiew Lian ^a,e   Waterston, Robert ^d   Sibley, L David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031887672     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.8.1.18     Document Type: Article

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