Reverse arrangement of rRNA subunits in the microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-85

  Refardt, Dominik ^a,b   Mouton, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

GENOMICS; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAPHNIA; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; NOSEMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; PHYLOGENY;

GLUGOIDES INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA;

EID: 33846610167     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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