Primary and secondary structure analyses of the rDNA group-I introns of the Zygnematales (Charophyta)

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 282-286

  Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a   Damberger, Simon ^b   Surek, Barbara ^c   Melkonian, Michael ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group I introns; Secondary structure; Small subunit ribosomal DNA; Zygnematales

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

CHARALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZYGNEMATALES;

EID: 0030020693     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221559     Document Type: Article

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