Surprising diversity and distribution of spliced leader RNAs in flatworms

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-48

  Davis, Richard E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flatworms; Spliced leader; Spliced leader RNA; Tapeworms; Trans splicing; Trematodes; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TREMATODE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CESTODA; EXONS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

CESTODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; STYLOCHUS ZEBRA; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030842141     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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