Characterization of trans-splicing in Euglenoids

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 349-355

  Frantz, Christian ^a,b   Ebel, Chantal ^a,c   Paulus, François ^a   Imbault, Patrice ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie   (Switzerland)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Euglena gracilis; Euglenoid; RNA; Spliced leader sequence; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EUGLENA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANS SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EUGLENIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 0034081951     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940000116     Document Type: Article

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