The gene for mitochondrial ribosomal protein S14 has been transferred to the nucleus in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Figueroa, P ^a   Gomez I ^a   Carmona, R ^a   Holuigue, L ^a   Araya, A ^b   Jordana, X ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Evolutionary gene transfer; Mitochondrial targeting peptide; Nuclear intron; Plant mitochondria; Ribosomal protein S14

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CELL NUCLEUS; EXON; GENE TRANSFER; HIGHER PLANT; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; EXONS; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032829056     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051068     Document Type: Article

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