A Narf-like gene from Cryptosporidium parvum resembles homologues observed in aerobic protists and higher eukaryotes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Stejskal, František ^a   Šlapeta, Jan ^b   Čtrnáctá, Vlasta ^a   Keithly, Janet S ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; NARF protein; Narf like gene; Phylogeny; Fe hydrogenase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROGENASE; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PRELAMIN A RECOGNITION FACTOR LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0345170073     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00794-8     Document Type: Article

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