Isolation and molecular evolution of the selenocysteine tRNA (Cf TRSP) and RNase P RNA (Cf RPPH1) genes in the dog family, canidae

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 347-359

  Bardeleben, Carolyne ^a   Moore, Rachael L ^a   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canidae; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Polymorphism; Selenocysteine tRNA; Transcriptional start site

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CANIDAE; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC;

EID: 12344282947     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi022     Document Type: Article

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