The minimal eukaryotic ribosomal DNA units in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

DNA Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-91

  Maruyama, Shinichiro ^a   Misumi, Osami ^b   Ishii, Yasuyuki ^c   Asakawa, Shuichi ^c   Shimizu, Atsushi ^c   Sasaki, Takashi ^c   Matsuzaki, Motomichi ^d   Shin I, Tadasu ^e   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Kohara, Yuji ^e   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^c   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

BAG library; Genome organization; Nucleolus

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTIG MAPPING; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOME SIZE; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RED ALGA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE, RED; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE LIBRARY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 19944424446     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/11.2.83     Document Type: Article

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