Length variation and secondary structure of introns in the Mlc1 gene in six species of Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 471-482

  Clark, Andrew G ^a   Leicht, Brenda G ^a   Muse, Spencer V ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; intron evolution; myosin alkali light chain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030063546     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025608     Document Type: Article

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