Evidence of mRNA-mediated intron loss in the human-pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 789-793

  Stajich, Jason E ^a   Dietrich, Fred S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOME; INTRON; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENOME, FUNGAL; INTRONS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MYA;

EID: 33646904207     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.5.5.789-793.2006     Document Type: Article

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