Nuclear-encoded rDNA group I introns: Origin and phylogenetic relationships of insertion site lineages in the green algae

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 978-989

  Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a   Friedl, Thomas ^b   Damberger, Simon ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

green algae; group I introns; lateral transfer; lichens; molecular evolution; phylogeny; secondary structure; small subunit ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0029792519     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025666     Document Type: Article

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