Phylogeny and Self-Splicing Ability of the Plastid tRNA-Leu Group I Intron

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 710-720

  Simon, Dawn ^a   Fewer, David ^b,c   Friedl, Thomas ^b   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Cyanobacteria; Group I intron; Intron mobility; Plastid endosymbiosis; Self splicing ability; tRNA Leu gene

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE; GREEN ALGA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLASTID; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RED ALGA; RNA GENE; RNA SPLICING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

ALGAE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0346735286     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2533-3     Document Type: Article

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