Characterization of mitochondrial small-subunit ribosomal RNAs from holoparasitic plants

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 631-639

  Duff, R Joel ^a   Nickrent, Daniel L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant molecular evolution; RNA editing; Substitution rates; Transversions

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA; RNA EDITING; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

BALANOPHORACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SCYBALIUM;

EID: 0031453138     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006267     Document Type: Article

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