Patterns of evolution in the unique tRNA gene arrays of the genus Entamoeba

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-198

  Tawari, Blessing ^a,d   Ali, Ibne Karim M ^a,e   Scott, Claire ^a,f   Quail, Michael A ^b   Berriman, Matthew ^b   Hall, Neil ^b,c,g   Clark, C Graham ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Bayer Schering Pharma   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entamoeba; Recombination; Repeated DNA; tRNA genes

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; RNA, TRANSFER; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA HM-1:IMSS; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENTAMOEBA TERRAPINAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 38349180547     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm238     Document Type: Article

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