A small insertion in the SSU rDNA of the lichen fungus Arthonia lapidicola is a degenerate group-I intron

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 582-586

  Grube, Martin ^a   Gargas, Andrea ^b   DePriest, Paula T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

18s; Ascomycetes; Degenerate introns; Ribosomal DNA; Small subunit

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTHONIA; ARTHONIA LAPIDICOLA; ASCOMYCOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0029890135     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02426963     Document Type: Article

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