A novel group I intron in Candida dubliniensis is homologous to a Candida albicans intron

Gene

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 189-196

  Boucher, Hélène ^a   Mercure, Stéphane ^a   Montplaisir, Serge ^a   Lemay, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency; Nucleotide sequence; Self splicing; Yeast classification

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030597361     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00453-2     Document Type: Article

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