Multiple origins of fungal group I introns located in the same position of nuclear SSU rRNA gene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-448

  Nishida, Hiromi ^a   Tajiri, Yoshito ^a   Sugiyama, Junta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group I introns; Horizontal transfer; Nuclear small subunit rRNA gene; Protomyces

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PROTOMYCES; PROTOMYCES MACROSPORUS; PROTOMYCES PACHYDERMUS;

EID: 0031979953     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006324     Document Type: Article

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