Comparative analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA from the moon jelly Aurelia sp.1 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) with characterizations of the 18S, 28S genes, and the intergenic spacer (IGS)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 229-239

  Ki, Jang Seu ^a   Kim, Il Chan ^b   Lee, Jae Seong ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Jellyfish; Minisatellite; Nuclear rDNA; Transcription repeat unit

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

AURELIA; CNIDARIA; CODING REGIONS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DOT PLOTS; GC CONTENTS; GENE FAMILIES; INTERGENIC SPACERS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; JELLYFISH; MINI SATELLITES; MINISATELLITE; NUCLEAR RDNA; RDNA SEQUENCES; RIBOSOMAL DNA (RDNA); RIBOSOMAL DNAS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA; JELLYFISH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

AURELIA; AURELIA AURITA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449092515     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9596-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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