The reverse-transcriptase-like proteins encoded by group II introns in the mitochondrial genome of the brown alga Pylaiella littoralis belong to two different lineages which apparently coevolved with the group II ribosyme lineages

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-42

  Fontaine, Jean Marc ^a   Goux, Didier ^a   Kloareg, Bernard ^a   Loiseaux de Goër, Susan ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Brown alga; cox1 gene; Group IIA and IIb introns; Phylogeny; Reverse transcriptase like genes

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME;

ALGAE, BROWN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031015291     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006119     Document Type: Article

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