The Sequence and Organization of the Core Histone H3 and H4 Genes in the Early Branching Amitochondriate Protist Trichomonas vaginalis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 563-571

  Marinets, Alexandra ^a   Müller, Miklós ^b   Johnson, Patricia J ^c   Kulda, Jaroslav ^d   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Wiedermann, Gerhard ^a   Duchêne, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate protist; Histone; Protein evolution; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0030469771     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202104     Document Type: Article

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