A diversity of U1 small nuclear RNAs in the silk moth Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Sierra Montes, J M ^a   Pereira Simon, S ^a   Freund, A V ^a   Ruiz, L M ^a   Szmulewicz, M N ^a   Herrera, R J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; RNA; Secondary structure; Small nuclear RNAs; snRNA Evolution; U1 snRNA

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILKWORM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0037211447     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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