Gene organization and homology modeling of two iron superoxide dismutases of the early branching protist Perkinsus marinus

Gene

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Schott, Eric J ^a   Robledo, José Antonio F ^a   Wright, Anita C ^a,c   Silva, Abelardo M ^b   Vasta, Gerardo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Evolution; Intron; Oxidative stress; Promoter

Indexed keywords

IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; EXON; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; INTRON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

APICOMPLEXA; DINOPHYCEAE; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTISTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037464553     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00469-4     Document Type: Article

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