Widespread and ancient distribution of a noncanonical genetic code in diplomonads

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 895-901

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a,b   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha tubulin; Diplomonad; EF 1 ; Genetic code; Phylogeny; rRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CODON; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROTOZOON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

DIPLOMONADIDA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; HEXAMITA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030802495     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025832     Document Type: Article

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