Species-specific repeat units in the intergenic spacer of the ribosomal RNA cistron of Anopheles aquasalis Curry

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-678

  Perera, O P ^a   Cockburn, A F ^a   Mitchell, S E ^b   Conn, J ^c   Seawright, J A ^a  

^a Center for Medical   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CISTRON; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031787726     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.673     Document Type: Article

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