Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Plasmodium based on the gene encoding adenylosuccinate lyase

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-301

  Kedzierski, Lukasz ^a   Escalante, Ananias A ^b,c   Isea, Raul ^d   Black, Casilda G ^a   Barnwell, John W ^c   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Adenylosuccinate lyase; Malaria; Phylogenetic analysis; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PURINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; HOST; HUMAN; MALARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONKEY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; RODENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036301323     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(02)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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