Evolution of the nad3-rps12 gene cluster in angiosperm mitochondria: Comparison of edited and unedited sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 447-452

  Pesole, Graziano ^a,c   Ceci, Luigi R ^b   Gissi, Carmela ^c   Saccone, Cecilia ^b,c   Quagliariello, Carla ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Gene cluster; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; RNA SEQUENCE;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0029861780     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006105     Document Type: Article

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