New insights into polycistronic transcripts in eukaryotes

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 494-498

  Pi, Haiwei ^a   Lee, Li Wei ^a   Lo, Szecheng J ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome; Open reading frame (ORF); Operon; Polycistronic mRNA; Small peptide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INSECT; INTROSPECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; SCIENTIST; SHORT SURVEY; THINKING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; GENES; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70449450461     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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