The evolution of amino acid repeat arrays in Plasmodium and other organisms

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 528-535

  Hughes, Austin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid repeats; Immune evasion; Plasmodium; Slipped strand mispairing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644308502     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2645-4     Document Type: Article

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