Phylogenetic analysis of the TATA box binding protein (TBP) gene from Nosema locustae: Evidence for a microsporidia-fungi relationship and spliceosomal intron loss [3]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1415-1419

  Fast, Naomi M ^a   Logsdon Jr , John M ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Microsporidia; Nosema locustae; Phylogeny; Spliceosomal intron; TFIID

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; INTRON; LETTER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPLICEOSOME; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA LOCUSTAE;

EID: 0032823290     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026052     Document Type: Letter

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