Numerous fragmented spliceosomal introns, AT-AC splicing, and an unusual dynein gene expression pathway in Giardia lamblia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-49

  Roy, Scott W ^a   Hudson, Andrew J ^b   Joseph, Joella ^c   Yee, Janet ^c   Russell, Anthony G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genomic reduction; Intron evolution; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DYNEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLICEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 84856751284     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr063     Document Type: Article

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