Diversity and evolution of the rhoph1/clag multigene family of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Iriko, Hideyuki ^a,b   Kaneko, Osamu ^a   Otsuki, Hitoshi ^a   Tsuboi, Takafumi ^b   Su, Xin zhuan ^c   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^d   Torii, Motomi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Malaria; Polymorphism; Rhoptry; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOPH2 GENE; RHOPH3 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DOSAGE; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI;

EID: 38649123741     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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