Phylogenetic relationships amongst tetrahymenine ciliates inferred by a comparison of telomerase RNAs

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2297-2302

  Ye, Amanda J ^a   Romero, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colpidium; Glaucoma; Telomerase; Tetrahymena; Tetrahymenine ciliates

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TETRAHYMENINA;

CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENINA;

EID: 0036867680     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02183-0     Document Type: Article

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