Variable sizes of introns in the SSU rDNA in three species of Roccella (Arthoniales, Euascomycetes)

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 79-85

  Myllys, Leena ^a   Källersjö, Mari ^b   Tehler, Anders ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Molekylarsystematiska Laboratoriet   (Sweden)

^c Box 50007 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Group I introns; mRNA introns; Roccella; Short introns; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0344172762     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050475     Document Type: Article

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