Mitochondrial genome diversity in parasites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-390

  Feagin, Jean E ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Apicomplexans; Cestodes; Gene expression; Kinetoplastids; Mitochondrial genes; Nematodes; RNA editing; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

GENOME; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; TREMATODE;

APICOMPLEXA; CESTODA; KINETOPLASTIDA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034071121     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00190-3     Document Type: Article

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