The secondary structure of the unusually long 18S ribosomal RNA of the myxozoan Sphaerospora truttae and structural evolutionary trends in the Myxozoa

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1281-1295

  Holzer, Astrid S ^a   Wootten, Rod ^a   Sommerville, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S rRNA secondary structure; Molecular phylogeny; Myxozoa; Specific PCR; Sphaerospora truttae

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METAZOAN; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION; LEPTOTHECA RANAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPHAEROSPORA ELEGANS; SPHAEROSPORA TRUTTAE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALMON;

CERATOMYXA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOTHECA; MALACOSPOREA; METAZOA; MYXOZOA; PARVICAPSULA; SPHAEROSPORA ELEGANS; SPHAEROSPORA TRUTTAE;

EID: 34447621020     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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