Highly divergent actins from Karyorelictean, Heterotrich, and Litostome Ciliates

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Kim, Oanh T P ^a,b   Yura, Kei ^b   Nobuhiro, G O ^b,c   Harumoto, Terue ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blepharisma japonicum; Blepharisma musculus; Didinium nasutum; Dileptus margaritifer; Genetic code deviation; Loxodes striatus; Stop codon

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BLEPHARISMA; BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; BLEPHARISMA MUSCULUS; CILIOPHORA; DIDINIUM; DIDINIUM NASUTUM; DILEPTUS; DILEPTUS MARGARITIFER; HETEROTRICHEA; KARYORELICTEA; LITOSTOMATEA; LOXODES; LOXODES STRIATUS; MUSCULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1942440993     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00551.x     Document Type: Article

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