An example of intron junctional sliding in the gene families encoding squalene monooxygenase homologues in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 721-728

  Schäfer, Ulrike A ^a   Reed, Darwin W ^a   Hunter, David G ^a   Yao, Kening ^a   Weninger, Alan M ^a   Tsang, Edward W T ^a   Reaney, Martin J T ^b   MacKenzie, Samuel L ^a   Covello, Patrick S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Epoxidase; Intron; Junctional sliding; Squalene monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; PLANT GENOME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CANDIDA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0344654748     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006172120929     Document Type: Article

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