Phylogenetically distinct Wolbachia gene and pseudogene sequences obtained from the African onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-578

  Crainey, J L ^a   Wilson, M D ^b   Post, R J ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FtsZ; GroEL; Onchocerciasis; Pseudogene; Simulium damnosum; Simulium squamosum; Wolbachia; Wsp

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; EPIMERASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; FTSZ PROTEIN; GLUTAMYL TRANSFER RNA AMINOTRANSFERASE SUBUNIT B; HYPOTHETICAL CONSERVED PROTEIN A; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE 3 EPIMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLBACHIA SURFACE PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULIIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; NEMATODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77950020047     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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