Eu-Chlorella large subunit rDNA sequences and group I introns in ribosomal DNA of the paramecian symbiotic alga NC64A

Phycological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Hoshina, Ryo ^a   Imamura, Nobutaka ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Group I intron; Intron phylogeny; Intron transposition; Large subunit ribosomal DNA; NC64A

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; CLADISTICS; DNA; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GREEN ALGA; PROTEIN; RNA; SYMBIONT;

'CHLORELLA' ELLIPSOIDEA; ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; CHLORELLA SP. AN 1-3; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; PARAMECIUM; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 39149131400     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2008.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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