A potentially functional mariner transposable element in the protist Trichomonas vaginalis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 126-134

  Silva, Joana C ^a   Bastida, Felix ^b   Bidwell, Shelby L ^a   Johnson, Patricia J ^b   Carlton, Jane M ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mariner; Parabasilid; Protist; Transposon; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; FUNGUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; TRANSPOSON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSPOSASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; FUNGI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TRANSPOSONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 10344232656     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh260     Document Type: Article

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