Microsporidian molecular phylogeny: The fungal connection

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Weiss, Louis M ^a   Edlind, Thomas D ^b   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^a,c   Hashimoto, Tetsuo ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; MICROSPORIDA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TUBULIN; VALINE-TRNA LIGASE;

MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0033198408     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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