RNA processing and the evolution of eukaryotes

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-269

  Herbert, Alan ^a   Rich, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; DNA; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; RNA EDITING; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032978212     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6780     Document Type: Review

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