Diplonema spp. Possess spliced leader RNA genes similar to the kinetoplastida

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-331

  Sturm, Nancy R ^a   Maslov, Dmitri A ^b   Grisard, Edmundo C ^a,c   Campbell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5S ribosomal RNA; Bodonid; Euglenid; Flagellate; Isonema; Mini exon; Trans splicing; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXON; GENOMIC DNA; INTERGENIC SPACER REGION; KINETOPLASTID; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA SPLICING;

BODONIDAE; DIPLONEMA; EUGLENA; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; ISONEMA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0034970464     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00321.x     Document Type: Article

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