Organisation and informational content of the Theileria parva genome

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Nene, Vishvanath ^a   Morzaria, Subhash ^a   Bishop, Richard ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; East Coast fever; genome; review; Theileria parva; tumor

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

APICOMPLEXA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0032169874     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00101-7     Document Type: Review

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