The ATPase subunit 6 gene sequence predicts that RNA editing is conserved between lizard- and human-infecting Leishmania

Gene

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-84

  Brewster, S ^a   Barker, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetoplast; Maxicircle; Sauroleishmania; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUIDE RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; SPECIES;

LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LIZARD LEISHMANIA; PROTOZOA; SQUAMATA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0032785410     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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