Molecular systematics of Dictyostelids: 5.8S ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacer region analyses

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-116

  Romeralo, Maria ^a   Escalante, Ricardo ^b   Sastre, Leandro ^b   Lado, Carlos ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S;

AMOEBA (GENUS); DICTYOSTELIIDA;

EID: 33846408333     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00233-06     Document Type: Article

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