Group-I introns with unusual sequences occur at three sites in nuclear 18S rRNA genes of Acanthamoeba lenticulata

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Schroeder Diedrich, Jill M ^a,b   Fuerst, Paul A ^a   Byers, Thomas J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Group I introns; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; NUCLEAR RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031819931     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050368     Document Type: Article

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