Mammalian mitochondrial D-loop region structural analysis: Identification of new conserved sequences and their functional and evolutionary implications

Gene

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 125-140

  Sbisà, Elisabetta ^a   Tanzariello, Filomena ^b   Reyes, Aurelio ^a   Pesole, Graziano ^c   Saccone, Cecilia ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mammalian phylogeny; Mitochondrial genome; Molecular evolution; Multiple alignment; Regulatory region

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

MAMMALIA; MYA; MYOXUS GLIS;

EID: 0031593240     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00404-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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