Complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Taenia saginata: Comparison with T. solium and T. asiatica

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-246

  Jeon, Hyeong Kyu ^a   Kim, Kyu Heon ^b   Eom, Keeseon S ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Human Taenia tapeworms; Mitochondrial genome; Parasite; Taenia asiatica; Taenia saginata; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

CESTODA; TAENIA; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 34250900977     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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