Gene discovery in the Apicomplexa as revealed by EST sequencing and assembly of a comparative gene database

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 443-454

  Li, Li ^a   Brunk, Brian P ^a   Kissinger, Jessica C ^a,b   Pape, Deana ^c   Tang, Keliang ^c   Cole, Robert H ^c   Martin, John ^c   Wylie, Todd ^c   Dante, Mike ^c   Fogarty, Steven J ^c   Howe, Daniel K ^d   Liberator, Paul ^e   Diaz, Carmen ^e   Anderson, Jennifer ^e   White, Michael ^f   Jerome, Maria E ^f   Johnson, Emily A ^f   Radke, Jay A ^f   Stoeckert Jr , Christian J ^a   Waterston, Robert H ^c   Clifton, Sandra W ^c   Roos, David S ^a   Sibley, L David ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA TENELLA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTIG MAPPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EIMERIA TENELLA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SARCOCYSTIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; EIMERIA TENELLA; FUNGI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037348716     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.693203     Document Type: Article

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