The genome sequence of leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis: Functional annotation and extended analysis of gene models

DNA Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 567-581

  Real, Fernando ^a   Vidal, Ramon Oliveira ^b   Carazzolle, Marcelo Falsarella ^b,c   Mondego, Jorge Maurício Costa ^d   Costa, Gustavo Gilson Lacerda ^c   Herai, Roberto Hirochi ^e   Würtele, Martin ^a   De Carvalho, Lucas Miguel ^b   E Ferreira, Renata Carmona ^a   Mortara, Renato Arruda ^a   Barbiéri, Clara Lucia ^a   Mieczkowski, Piotr ^f   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a   Briones, Marcelo Ribeiro Da Silva ^a   Pereira, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães ^b   Bahia, Diana ^a,g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amastin; genome; heat shock protein; interactome; Leishmania amazonensis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NUCLEOTIDASE; THIOREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION;

AMASTIN; GENOME; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN; INTERACTOME; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84890466311     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dst031     Document Type: Article

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