The ribosomal DNA plasmids of entamoeba

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Som, I ^a   Bhattacharya, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTAMOEBA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ENTAMOEBA; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031981144     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01222-8     Document Type: Review

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