A phylogenetic comparison of gene trees constructed from plastid, mitochondrial and genomic DNA of Plasmodium species

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-94

  Rathore, Dharmendar ^a   Wahl, Allison M ^a   Sullivan, Margery ^a   McCutchan, Thomas F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene trees; Genomic DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetic comparison; Plasmodium species; Plastid DNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CASEINOLYTIC PROTEASE; CYTOCHROME B; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CODON USAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASTIDS; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035946411     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00241-9     Document Type: Article

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