Evolutionary conservation of RNA editing in the genus Leishmania

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-380

  Ibrahim, Muntaser E ^a   Mahdi, Muzamil A ^a   Bereir, Rihab E ^a   Giha, Rania S ^a   Wasunna, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

gRNA; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania major; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RNA; URIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC DATABASE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA EDITING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 42649127362     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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