Ehrlichia ruminantium: genomic and evolutionary features

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Frutos, Roger ^a   Viari, Alain ^b   Vachiery, Nathalie ^a   Boyer, Frédéric ^b   Martinez, Dominique ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INRIA RHÔNE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 34547973059     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.07.007     Document Type: Review

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