Evidence of gene conversion in genes encoding the Gal/GalNac lectin complex of Entamoeba

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Weedall, Gareth D ^a   Sherrington, James ^a   Paterson, Steve ^a   Hall, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAL GALNAC LECTIN COMPLEX HEAVY CHAIN SUBUNIT; GAL GALNAC LECTIN COMPLEX INTERMEDIATE CHAIN SUBUNIT; GAL GALNAC LECTIN COMPLEX LIGHT CHAIN SUBUNIT; LECTIN; LIGAND; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH ANTIGEN; THOMSEN-FRIEDENREICH ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC STRAIN; HGL GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IGL GENE; LECTIN BINDING; LGL GENE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; ENTAMOEBA; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; LECTINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79959826137     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001209     Document Type: Article

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