Geographical structure and sequence evolution as inferred from the Plasmodium falciparum S-antigen locus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-326

  Anderson, Timothy J C ^a   Day, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Plasmodium falciparum; S antigen; Synonymous changes

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034089753     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00222-4     Document Type: Article

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