Apicoplast genome of the coccidian Eimeria tenella

Gene

Volumn 321, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 39-46

  Cai, Xiaomin ^a   Fuller, A Lorraine ^b   McDougald, Larry R ^b   Zhu, Guan ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplex; Apicoplast; Coccidia; Eimeria tenella; Evolution; Organellar genome; Phylogeny; Plastid

Indexed keywords

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; EUGLENA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTISTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0242493260     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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