Using secondary structure to identify ribosomal numts: Cautionary examples from the human genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-100

  Olson, Link E ^b   Yoder, Anne D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Numt; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOGENE; RIBOSOME;

ANTHROPOIDEA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036134760     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003987     Document Type: Article

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