Transcription initiation and RNA processing in the mitochondria of the red alga Chondrus crispus: Convergence in the evolution of transcription mechanisms in mitochondria

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 549-557

  Richard, Odile ^a   Bonnard, Géraldine ^b   Grienenberger, Jean Michel ^b   Kloareg, Bernard ^a   Boyen, Catherine ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Chondrus crispus; Evolution of mitochondria; Rhodophytes; RNA processing; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CISTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RED ALGA; RNA CAPPING; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHONDRUS CRISPUS; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; RHODOPHYTA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032582480     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2112     Document Type: Article

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