Identification and characterization of U1 small nuclear RNA genes from two crustacean isopod species

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-373

  Barzotti, Rita ^a   Pelliccia, Franca ^a   Rocchi, Angela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asellus; Crustacea; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Isopoda; Proasellus; Small nuclear RNA; U1

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA U1; U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOPODA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROASELLUS COXALIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOPODA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ASELLUS; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PROASELLUS; PROASELLUS COXALIS;

EID: 0038779958     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024048108918     Document Type: Article

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