The evolution of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene family by loss of introns in plants of the genus Leavenworthia (Brassicaceae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 552-559

  Charlesworth, D ^a,b   Liu, F L ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Gene families; Introns; Leavenworthia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; GENE LOSS; GENETIC LINKAGE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LEAVENWORTHIA;

EID: 0031900540     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025955     Document Type: Article

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