Evolution of programmed ribosomal frameshifting in the TERT genes of Euplotes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 701-711

  Möllenbeck, Matthias ^a   Gavin, Michael C ^b   Klobutcher, Lawrence A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

+1 frameshifting; Euplotes; Hypotrichous ciliates; Phylogenetic analysis; Programmed ribosomal frameshift; Reverse transcriptase; Spirotrichea; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPLOTES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUPLOTES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; GENE COMPONENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERASE;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES MINUTA; EUPLOTIDA; PROTOZOA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 2942695707     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2592-0     Document Type: Article

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