Rearranged subtelomeric rRNA genes in Giardia duodenalis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 484-486

  Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^a,b   Abedinia, Mahin ^a   Upcroft, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; RNA GENE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, RRNA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 13944268816     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.2.484-486.2005     Document Type: Article

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