Comparative genomic analysis and phylogenetic position of Theileria equi

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kappmeyer, Lowell S ^a   Thiagarajan, Mathangi ^b,g   Herndon, David R ^a   Ramsay, Joshua D ^c   Caler, Elisabet ^b   Djikeng, Appolinaire ^d   Gillespie, Joseph J ^e,f   Lau, Audrey O T ^c   Roalson, Eric H ^c   Silva, Joana C ^f   Silva, Marta G ^a   Suarez, Carlos E ^a   Ueti, Massaro W ^a   Nene, Vishvanath M ^d   Mealey, Robert H ^c   Knowles, Donald P ^a,c   Brayton, Kelly A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Horse; Parasite; Vaccine; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; EQUI MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 1; EQUI MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 2; EQUI MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 3; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P67; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ANONYMOUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORSE; IMMUNE EVASION; KARYOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SYNTENY; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA EQUI; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIOSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GENOME; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITOLOGY; THEILERIA;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BABESIA EQUI; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA EQUI; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 84868542283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-603     Document Type: Article

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