Progress with parasite plastids

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-274

  Wilson, R J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Evolution; Genome; Metabolome; Plastid

Indexed keywords

DNA; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GENE PRODUCT; HEME; ISOPRENOID; PROTEIN;

APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEME SYNTHESIS; MALARIA; MEDICINE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PLANT; PLASMODIUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 0036307786     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00303-0     Document Type: Review

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