Sex and Eimeria: A molecular perspective

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1701-1717

  Walker, Robert A ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^b   Miller, Catherine M D ^a   Smith, Nicholas C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Eimeria; macrogamete; microgamete; oocyst

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AXONEME; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COCCIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIPLOIDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; MEROZOITE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPOROZOITE; ZYGOTE;

EIMERIA; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEIOSIS; OOCYSTS;

EID: 84887918239     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013000838     Document Type: Review

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