Nucleotide sequence variability in the nontranscribed spacer of the rRNA locus in the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 650-656

  Robledo, José A F ^b   Wright, Anita C ^b   Marsh, Adam G ^a,b   Vasta, Gerardo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PERKINSUS MARINUS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLORIDA; LOUISIANA; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032870693     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285738     Document Type: Article

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