Characterization of rbcL group IA introns from two colonial volvocalean species (Chlorophyceae)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-85

  Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Ohta, Niji ^b   Yamada, Takashi ^c   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonium multicoccum; Group IA intron; Intron evolution; Large subunit of ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (rbcL) gene; Pleodorina californica; Volvocales

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CHLOROPLAST DNA; EXON; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; LINEAGE; MATURATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RNA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GONIUM MULTICOCCUM; PLEODORINA CALIFORNICA; VOLVOCALES;

EID: 0032078743     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005904410345     Document Type: Article

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