Host-parasite interactions and ecology of the malaria parasite-a bioinformatics approach

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 451-457

  Izak, Dariusz ^a   Klim, Joanna ^a   Kaczanowski, Szymon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Genomics; Malaria; Population genetics; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; DATA BASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITES;

EID: 85055737548     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/ely013     Document Type: Article

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