Spliced DNA sequences in the Paramecium germline: Their properties and evolutionary potential

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1200-1211

  Catania, Francesco ^a   McGrath, Casey L ^b   Doak, Thomas G ^b   Lynch, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Developmentally regulated genome rearrangements; DNA splicing; Genome evolution; Internal eliminated sequences

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CILIATED PROTOZOA; DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED GENOME REARRANGEMENTS; DNA SPLICING; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GENOME EVOLUTION; INTERNAL ELIMINATED SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM;

CILIATED PROTOZOA; DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED GENOME REARRANGEMENTS; DNA SPLICING; GENOME EVOLUTION; INTERNAL ELIMINATED SEQUENCES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PARAMECIUM; SEQUENCE INVERSION;

EID: 84891615810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt087     Document Type: Article

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