Unique organisation of tRNA genes in Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Clark, C Graham ^a   Ali, Ibne Karim M ^a,d   Zaki, Mehreen ^a,e   Loftus, Brendan J ^b   Hall, Neil ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; Genome organisation; Tandem repeat; Telomeres; Transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE ORDER; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTISTA;

EID: 31144462824     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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