The malaria genome sequencing project: Complete sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 2

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Gardner, M J ^a   Tettelin, H ^a   Carucci, D J ^b   Cummings, L M ^a   Smith, H O ^a   Fraser, C M ^a   Venter, J C ^a   Hoffman, S L ^b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 2; Genomics; Malaria; Malaria genome sequencing project; Plasmodium falciparum; Rifins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0033181622     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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