The novel mitochondrial gene arrangement of the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus: Fivefold tandem repetition of a coding region

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 732-740

  Campbell, Nick J H ^a   Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; Gene order; Ixodida; Mitochondrial genome; Tandem repeats; Transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM REPEAT; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODIDA;

EID: 0032976068     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026158     Document Type: Article

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