Codon usage in Plasmodium vivax nuclear genes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-449

  Chen, Nanhua ^a   Cheng, Qin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Codon usage; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0032930646     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00211-2     Document Type: Article

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