The systematic position of Paraspathidium Noland, 1937 (Ciliophora, Litostomatea?) inferred from primary SSU rRNA gene sequences and predicted secondary rRNA structure

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-288

  Zhang, Qianqian ^a   Yi, Zhenzhen ^b   Song, Weibo ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Warren, Alan ^d  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paraspathidium; Phylogeny; Plagiopylea; Secondary structure; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CILIOPHORA; HAPTORIDA; LITOSTOMATEA; PROSTOMATEA;

EID: 78649909067     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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