The unusually long small-subunit ribosomal RNA of the crustacean, Daphnia pulex: Sequence and predicted secondary structure

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-311

  Crease, Teresa J ^a   Colbourne, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branchiopoda; Daphnia pulex; Expansion segments; G+C content; Secondary structure; Small subunit ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRUSTACEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DAPHNIA; DNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ARTHROPODA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA PULEX; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PULEX;

EID: 0031937306     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006307     Document Type: Article

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