Evolutionary genomics of Entamoeba

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-645

  Weedall, Gareth D ^a   Hall, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entamoeba; Genetic diversity; Genomics; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENTAMOEBA NUTTALI; ENTAMOEBA TERRAPINAE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TRANSPOSON;

DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; TROPHOZOITES;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 79959930796     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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