A comparative proteomic analysis of the simple amino acid repeat distributions in Plasmodia reveals lineage specific amino acid selection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Dalby, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; PROBABILITY;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

PROTEOME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MARKOV CHAINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

EID: 67650553388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006231     Document Type: Article

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