Phylogenetic analysis with newly characterized Babesia bovis hsp70 and hsp90 provides strong support for paraphyly within the piroplasms

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-72

  Ruef, Barbara J ^a   Ward, Todd J ^b   Oxner, Christopher R ^a   Conley, Patrick G ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^c   Rice Ficht, Allison C ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept Vet Microbiol Pathol W ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Heat shock protein; Hsp70; Hsp90; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; CATTLE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0033898401     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00230-9     Document Type: Article

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