Characterization of a novel small RNA encoded by dictyostelium discoideum mitochondrial DNA

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-131

  Pi, M ^a   Morio, T ^a   Urushihara, H ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; Dictyostelium discoideum; Mitochondrial DNA; Ribosome; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

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

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOTHECA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031883685     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050631     Document Type: Article

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