Introns: Mighty elements from the RNA world

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 718-721

  Fedorov, Alexei ^a   Fedorova, Larisa ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Exon; Function; Genome; Intron; Origin; RNA world

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL; CELL CYCLE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; INTRON; LIFE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 12144253813     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2660-5     Document Type: Article

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