Protein coding gene nucleotide substitution pattern in the apicomplexan protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ge, Guangtao ^a   Cowen, Lenore ^a   Feng, Xiaochuan ^a   Widmer, Giovanni ^b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46349100862     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: 15326268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/879023     Document Type: Article

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