A maturase-encoding group III twintron is conserved in deeply rooted euglenoid species: Are group III introns the chicken or the egg?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-86

  Doetsch, Natalie A ^a   Thompson, Michael D ^a   Hallick, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Euglena; Group II; Group III; Intron; Maturase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOGLENA PIGRA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA DESES; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUGLENA PISCIFORMIS; EUGLENA VIRIDIS; EUGLENIDA; EUTREPTIA; GALLUS GALLUS; LEPOCINCLIS BUETSCHLII;

EID: 0031975280     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025850     Document Type: Article

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