Comparative analyses among the Trichomonas vaginalis, Trichomonas tenax, and Tritrichomonas foetus 5S ribosomal RNA genes

Current Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-210

  Torres Machorro, Ana Lilia ^a   Hernández, Roberto ^a   Alderete, John F ^b   López Villaseñor, Imelda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Intergenic region; Repeated sequences; Ribosome; RNA polymerase III; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 5S; UBIQUITIN;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS TENAX; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS TENAX; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 67349235558     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0237-y     Document Type: Review

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