Aspartyl proteinase genes from apicomplexan parasites: Evidence for evolution of the gene structure

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 491-498

  Jean, Létitia ^a   Long, Manyuan ^c   Young, John ^b   Péry, Pierre ^d   Tomley, Fiona ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PLASMEPSIN I; PLASMEPSIN II;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EIMERIA TENELLA; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW;

APICOMPLEXA; EIMERIA TENELLA; NEMATODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035479334     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02030-X     Document Type: Review

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