Structural analyses of plastid-derived 16S rRNAs in holoparasitic angiosperms

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 731-743

  Nickrent, Daniel L ^a   Duff, R Joel ^a   Konings, D A M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition bias; Nonphotosynthetic plant; Small subnnit ribosomal RNA structure; Substitution rate acceleration

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASTIDS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BALANOPHORACEAE; BDALLOPHYTON; CORYNAEA; CYNOMORIACEAE; CYNOMORIUM; CYTINACEAE; CYTINUS; HYDNORA; HYDNORACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MITRASTEMA; MITRASTEMONACEAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PILOSTYLES; RAFFLESIACEAE;

EID: 0031194186     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005808615763     Document Type: Article

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