Analyses of the ribosomal DNA region in Nosema bombycis NIS 001

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 598-604

  Iiyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Chieda, Yuuka ^a   Yasunaga Aoki, Chisa ^a   Hayasaka, Shoji ^b   Shimizu, Susumu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

5S rDNA; Entomopathogenic microsporidia; Large subunit rDNA; Nosema bombycis; Small subunit rDNA

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5S;

DNA; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NOSEMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; NOSEMA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBYCIS; PROTOZOA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 11144220573     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00592.x     Document Type: Article

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