The filarial genome project: Analysis of the nuclear, mitochondrial and endosymbiont genomes of Brugia malayi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-419

  Williams, S A ^a,b   Lizotte Waniewski, M R ^a,b   Foster, J ^c   Guiliano, D ^d   Daub, J ^d   Scott, A L ^e   Slatko, B ^c   Blaxter, M L ^d  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Johns H   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Filarial nematode; Filariasis; Genome project; Genomics; Mitochondria; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

FILARIASIS; GENOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSECTA; NEMATODA; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034059402     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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