Regulatory Motifs Are Present in the ITS1 of Some Flatworm Species

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-86

  Van Herwerden, Lynne ^a   Caley, M Julian ^a,b   Blair, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; DOLICHOSACCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOSTOMA; PARAGONIMUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0142184056     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.8     Document Type: Article

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