Group I introns found in nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA genes of the ballistoconidiogenous anamorphic yeast Bensingtonia ciliata and Bensingtonia yamatoana

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-200

  Takashima, Masako ^a   Suh, Sung Oui ^a,b   Nakase, Takashi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; YEAST;

'CHLORELLA' ELLIPSOIDEA; ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BENSINGTONIA; BENSINGTONIA CILIATA; BENSINGTONIA YAMATOANA; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA PARVA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EUKARYOTA; HILDENBRANDIA RUBRA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOMYCES INOUYEI; SALINA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030017616     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.42.189     Document Type: Article

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