Operon Structure and Trans-Splicing in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2097-2103

  Lee, Kwang Zin ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldose reductase; Caenorhabditis elegans; Operons; Pristionchus pacificus; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; RNA SPLICING; TRANS SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; TRANS-SPLICING;

ANISAKIS; ASCARIS; BRUGIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODA; OSCHEIUS; PANAGRELLUS; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 0346095398     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg225     Document Type: Article

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