Characterization of an alpha tubulin gene sequence from Neospora caninum and Hammondia heydorni, and their comparison to homologous genes from Apicomplexa

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 561-569

  Siverajah, S ^a   Ryce, C ^a   Morrison, D A ^a   Ellis, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hammondia heydorni; Neospora caninum; Phylogeny; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CODON; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; EXONS; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUBULIN; VERO CELLS;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; HAMMONDIA; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0038049679     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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