Gene synteny in species of Plasmodium

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Carlton, Jane M R ^a,c   Vinkenoog, Rinke ^b   Waters, Andrew P ^b   Walliker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 17344383488     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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