Comparative genomics of metabolic networks of free-living and parasitic eukaryotes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nerima, Barbara ^a,b   Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Mäser, Pascal ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b National Livestock Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ENDOPARASITE; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS; GENOMICS;

EUKARYOTA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NAD;

EID: 77950407837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-217     Document Type: Article

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