The complete mitochondrial genome of Orientobilharzia turkestanicum supports its affinity with African Schistosoma spp.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1964-1970

  Wang, Yu ^a,b   Wang, Chun Ren ^a   Zhao, Guang Hui ^c   Gao, Jun Feng ^a   Li, Ming Wei ^d   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a,b  

^a HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complete mitochondrial genome; Gene arrangement; Gene content; Molecular phylogeny; Orientobilharzia turkestanicum

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATP8 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MARKER GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTOBILHARZIA TURKESTANICUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMA SPINDALE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MAMMALIA; ORIENTOBILHARZIA TURKESTANICUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMA SPINDALE; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 82655162066     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.08.030     Document Type: Article

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