Niche metabolism in parasitic protozoa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1465, 2006, Pages 101-118

  Ginger, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Comparative genomics; Host pathogen interaction; Leishmania; Parasitic protozoa; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646552116     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1756     Document Type: Review

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