Molecular phylogenetics of Trypanosomatidae: Contrasting results from 18S rRNA and protein phylogenies

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Piontkivska, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLADISTICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLING; TAXON; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 2942512918     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-2-15     Document Type: Review

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