Discovery of a group I intron in the SSU rDNA of Ploeotia costata (Euglenozoa)

Protist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-69

  Busse, Ingo ^a   Preisfeld, Angelika ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALGAE; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS; BANGIALES; EUGLENOZOA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PLOEOTIA; PLOEOTIA COSTATA; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 0038047638     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/143446103764928495     Document Type: Article

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