Nematode spliced leaders - Ubiquity, evolution and utility

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1025-1033

  Blaxter, Mark ^a   Liu, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; nematode; spliced leader; trans splicing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0030273312     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00060-4     Document Type: Review

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