Conserved sequence motifs, alignment, and secondary structure for the third domain of animal 12S rRNA

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-169

  Hickson, Robert E ^a,e   Simon, Chris ^b   Cooper, Alan ^c,f   Spicer, Greg S ^d   Sullivan, Jack ^b   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d Inst of Molecular Medical Sciences

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; molecular evolution; motifs; secondary structure model; sequence alignment; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030034071     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025552     Document Type: Article

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