Consistent and contrasting properties of lineage-specific genes in the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and Theileria

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kuo, Chih Horng ^a   Kissinger, Jessica C ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEILERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROTOZOA; THEILERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC SPECIATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42549143433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-108     Document Type: Article

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