Dynamic insertion-deletion of introns in deuterostome EF-1α genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 118-128

  Wada, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Mari ^a   Sato, Riki ^b   Satoh, Nori ^a   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^c   Shirayama, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acornworm; Amphioxus; Ascidian; Deuterostome; EF 1 ; Intron evolution; Larvacean; Phylogeny; Starfish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; ASTERIAS; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EF 1ALPHA; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036132976     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0024-y     Document Type: Article

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