Evidence for negative selection on the gene encoding rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) in Plasmodium spp.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Pacheco, M Andreína ^a   Ryan, Elizabeth M ^a   Poe, Amanda C ^b   Basco, Leonardo ^c   Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam ^b   Collins, Williams E ^b   Escalante, Ananias A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Malaria; Merozoite; Negative selection; Plasmodium; Positive selection; RAP 1; Rhoptry

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM INUI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM INUI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMATES;

EID: 77953233047     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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