Lateral gene transfer and metabolic adaptation in the human parasite Trichomonas vaginalis.
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*Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; †Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; ‡Genome Sequence Centre, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and §Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Molecular biology and evolution
دوره 17 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000