Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Plasm
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Lukasz Kedzierski; Ananias A Escalante; Raul Isea; Casilda G Black; John W Barnw
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Phylogenetic studies of the genus Plasmodium have been performed using sequences of the nuclear, mitochondrial and plastid genes. Here we have analyzed the adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL) gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in the salvage of host purines needed by malaria parasites for DNA synthesis