A diverse population of introns in the nuclear ribosomal genes of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi includes elements with sequence similarity to endonuclease-coding genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-59

  Perotto, Silvia ^a,e   Nepote Fus, Paola ^b   Saletta, Laura ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^c   Young, J Peter W ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Ist Patologia Generale Veterinaria   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e Ctro Stud sulla Micologia T   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endonucleases; Ericoid fungi; Group I introns; Hymenoscyphus ericae; Oidiodendron maius; rDNA genes

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 0033955326     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026237     Document Type: Article

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