Phylogeny of the genera Entamoeba and Endolimax as deduced from small- subunit ribosomal RNA sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1740-1751

  Silberman, Jeffrey D ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b   Diamond, Louis S ^c   Sogin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

16S like rDNA; Endolimax; Entamoeba; Entamoebidae; Evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; ENTAMOEBA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ENDOLIMAX; ENTAMOEBA;

EID: 0032710858     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026086     Document Type: Article

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