Ribosomal RNA gene organization in Cryptosporidium parvum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 463-478

  Le Blancq, Sylvie M ^a,b   Khramtsov, Nikolai V ^c   Zamani, Farnoosh ^a   Upton, Steve J ^c   Wu, Teresa W ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5.8S rRNA; Apicomplexa; Cryptosporidium parvum; Large subunit; rDNA; Riboosmal RNA; rRNA; Small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOPLASM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031574140     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00181-3     Document Type: Article

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