Sarcocystis neurona major surface antigen gene 1 (SAG1) shows evidence of having evolved under positive selection pressure

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 452-459

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAG1 GENE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SARCOCYSTIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SARCOCYSTIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 12144269039     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1237-y     Document Type: Article

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