Evolutionary dynamics of a conserved sequence motif in the ribosomal genes of the ciliate Paramecium

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Catania, Francesco ^a   Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENETICS;

CILIOPHORA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

MICRORNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICRORNAS; PARAMECIUM; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77952840944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-129     Document Type: Article

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