Secondary structures and features of the 18S, 5.8S and 26S ribosomal RNAs from the Apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-135

  Gagnon, Steve ^a   Bourbeau, David ^a   Levesque, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Evolution; Gene organization; Phylogeny; Protozoan; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030590363     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00215-6     Document Type: Article

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