Molecular cloning of actin genes in Trichomonas vaginalis and phylogeny inferred from actin sequences

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 205-213

  Bricheux, Geneviève ^a   Brugerolle, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Actin gene; Phylogenetic tree; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

DIPLOMONADIDA; PARABASALA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0030860203     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00262-0     Document Type: Article

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