Dientamoeba fragilis shares a recent common evolutionary history with the trichomonads

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 311-314

  Silberman, Jeffrey D ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b   Sogin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

16S like rRNA; Dientamoeba fragilis; evolution; protist; rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENTAMOEBA; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 0029958909     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02516-2     Document Type: Article

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