Structural and sequence evolution of U17 small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) and its phylogenetic congruence in chelonians

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Cervelli, Manuela ^a   Oliverio, Marco ^b   Bellini, Alessandro ^a   Bologna, Marco ^a   Cecconi, Francesco ^c   Mariottini, Paolo ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chelonian evolution; H ACA snoRNA; Molecular phylogeny; RNA RNA interaction; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; U17 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHELONIAN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INTRON; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPTILE; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; PLATYSTERNON; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041670894     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2453-2     Document Type: Article

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