Secondary structure models for the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region 1 from symbiotic dinoflagellates

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 434-451

  Thornhill, Daniel J ^a   Lord, Jenna B ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory base change (CBC); Coral reef; Endosymbiont; ITS1; Pre rRNA processing; Pseudogene; Ribosome; RRNA; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; METAZOA; PROTISTA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 77954861623     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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