What is the phylogenetic position of Cryptosporidium?

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1673-1681

  Zhu, Guan ^a   Keithly, Janet S ^a   Philippe, Herve ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Cryptosporidium parvum; Molecular phylogeny; rRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033853278     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-4-1673     Document Type: Article

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