ON THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN IN PLASMODIA

被引:13
作者
DIGIOVANNI, L [1 ]
COCHRANE, AH [1 ]
ENEA, V [1 ]
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[1] NYU,MED CTR,DEPT MED & MOLEC PARASITOL,NEW YORK,NY 10010
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10.1016/0014-4894(90)90120-2
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
We report the complete nucleotide sequence of the circumsporozoite (CS) gene of Plasmodium brasilianum and present an analysis of its evolutionary profile. Despite the lack of a reliable time scale, the analysis of the number and distribution of fixations among seven taxa provides a first glimpse of the evolutionary history of the CS gene, and suggests that the branching events of this gene are completely unconnected with-and far precede in time-the speciation event of the parasite's vertebrate hosts. © 1990.
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