Complete DNA sequence and gene organization of the mitochondrial genome of the liverfluke, Fasciola hepatica L. (Platyhelminthes; Trematoda)

Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 609-621

  Le, T H ^a   Blair, D ^b   McManus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Mitochondrial genes; Mitochondrial genome; Ribosomal RNA genes; Transfer RNA genes

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; EUMETAZOA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIDAE; HEPATICA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; TREMATODA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0035691512     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001008733     Document Type: Article

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