Nonrandom spatial distribution of synonymous substitutions in the GP63 gene from Leishmania

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1683-1692

  Alvarez Valin, Fernando ^a   Tort, José Francisco ^b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CODON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEISHMANIA; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CODON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENE CONVERSION; LEISHMANIA; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033869355     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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