Melissa Szocik
Physician Assistant | Medical
1420 5TH AVE STE 375 SEATTLE WA, 98101About
Melissa Szocik is a physician assistant practicing in SEATTLE, WA. Melissa specializes in preventing and treating human illness and injury by providing a broad range of care under the supervision of a physician. A physician assistant's work can include physical exams, ordering and interpreting tests, performing procedures and prescribing medication. Often times, they can assist in surgery but the scope of practice can vary according to jurisdiction or health care setting.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of intron structures in trans-splicing and cap 4 formation for the Leishmania spliced leader RNA.
- Transcription of the kinetoplastid spliced leader RNA gene.
- 5S ribosomal RNA gene repeat sequences define at least eight groups of plant trypanosomatids (Phytomonas spp.): phloem-restricted pathogens form a distinct section.
- In vitro transcription of mutated Leishmania tarentolae spliced leader RNA genes approximates in vivo patterns.
- A mini-exon multiplex polymerase chain reaction to distinguish the major groups of Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli in the Brazilian Amazon.
- The spliced leader RNA gene array in phloem-restricted plant trypanosomatids (Phytomonas) partitions into two major groupings: epidemiological implications.
- Diplonema spp. possess spliced leader RNA genes similar to the Kinetoplastida.
- Kinetoplast DNA minicircles of phloem-restricted Phytomonas associated with wilt diseases of coconut and oil palms have a two-domain structure.
- Two sequence classes of kinetoplastid 5S ribosomal RNA gene revealed among bodonid spliced leader RNA gene arrays.
- The genetic diversity of Brazilian Trypanosoma cruzi isolates and the phylogenetic positioning of zymodeme 3, based on the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal gene.
- A new species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma desterrensis sp. n., isolated from South American bats.
- An intergenic G-rich region in Leishmania tarentolae kinetoplast maxicircle DNA is a pan-edited cryptogene encoding ribosomal protein S12.
- Generation of unexpected editing patterns in Leishmania tarentolae mitochondrial mRNAs: misediting produced by misguiding.
- Trypanosomatid biodiversity in Costa Rica: genotyping of parasites from Heteroptera using the spliced leader RNA gene.
- Kinetoplast DNA minicircles encode guide RNAs for editing of cytochrome oxidase subunit III mRNA.
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