A S-adenosylmethionine synthetase gene from the pathogenic piscine hemoflagellate, Cryptobia salmositica

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1401-1406

  Jesudhasan, Palmy R ^a,b   Woo, Patrick T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEXAPEPTIDE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYPTOBIA SALMOSITICA; FLAGELLATE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; HEMOFLAGELLATE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOA; SALMON;

CRYPTOBIA; CRYPTOBIA SALMOSITICA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PISCES; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33947422155     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0406-6     Document Type: Article

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