Parasite plastids: Maintenance and functions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1429, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Wilson, R J M ^a   Rangachari, K ^a   Saldanha, J W ^a   Rickman, L ^a   Buxton, R S ^a   Eccleston, J F ^a   Gray, J C ^b   Raven, J A ^c   Martin, W ^d   Cavalier Smith, T ^e   Allen, J F ^f   Tovar, J ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Plastid function; SufB; SufC

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; PLASTID;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037471696     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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