Trichomonas vaginalis ribosomal DNA: Analysis of the intergenic region and mapping of the transcription start point

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-179

  López Villaseñor, Imelda ^a   Contreras, Ana Paulina ^a   López Griego, Lorena ^a   Álvarez Sánchez, Elizbeth ^a   Hernández, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

base pairs; bp; Early diverging eukaryote; ETS; external transcribed spacer; large subunit; LSU; Parasite; rDNA; ribonuclease protection assay; ribosomal DNA; Ribosome; RNA polymerase I; RPA; small subunit; SSU; Transcription initiation; transcription start point; tsp

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 3342905329     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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