Actin gene structure in two Artemia species, A. franciscana and A. parthenogenetica

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 224-235

  Ortega, María Asunción ^a   Díaz Guerra, Margarita ^a   Sastre, Leandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actin; Artemia; Crustaceans; Exon; Gene structure; Intron; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; EXON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALGAE; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; VOLVOX;

EID: 0029789577     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338830     Document Type: Article

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