Terminal-sequence conservation identifies spliceosomal introns in ascomycete 18S RNA genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 751-756

  Cubero, Oscar F ^a   Bridge, Paul D ^b,c   Crespo, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degenerate introns; Fungal insertion; Group I intron; Physconia; Ribosomal insertion; Spliceosomal intron

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPLICEOSOME;

PHYSCONIA;

EID: 0034062570     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026353     Document Type: Article

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