Complete sequence and structure of the mitochondrial genome of the human tapeworm, Taenia asiatica (Platyhelminthes; Cestoda)

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 717-726

  Jeon, H K ^a   Lee, K H ^b   Kim, K H ^a   Hwang, U W ^c   Eom, K S ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Codon usage pattern; Gene arrangement; Mitochondrial genome; Non coding regions; Taenia asiatica; tRNA secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CODON USAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA GENE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAENIA; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TAENIA;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; METAZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TAENIA ASIATICA; TREMATODA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 20644457362     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004007164     Document Type: Article

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