Actin gene sequence from Euglena gracilis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 661-667

  Petersen Mahrt, Silja K ^a   Petersen Mahrt, Svend K ^b   Widell, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flagellate; Molecular biology; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction; Protists

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALGA GENETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE SEQUENCING; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIMER DNA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 0032214511     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04564.x     Document Type: Article

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