The cyanobacterial tRNALeu (UAA) intron: Evolutionary patterns in a genetic marker

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 850-857

  Costa, José Luis ^a   Paulsrud, Per ^a   Lindblad, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Evolution; Heptanucleotide repeat; Nostoc; tRNALeu intron

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036275713     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004142     Document Type: Article

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