Comparative analysis of apicomplexa and genomic diversity in eukaryotes

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1686-1695

  Templeton, Thomas J ^a   Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^b   Anantharaman, Vivek ^b   Enomoto, Shinichiro ^c   Abrahante, Juan E ^c   Subramanian, G M ^d   Hoffman, Stephen L ^e   Abrahamsen, Mitchell S ^c   Aravind, L ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^e SANARIA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATIN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME; GLYCOSYLATION; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4644353894     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.2615304     Document Type: Article

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