The evolutionary gain of spliceosomal introns: Sequence and phase preferences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1252-1263

  Qiu, Wei Gang ^a,b   Schisler, Nick ^a,c,d   Stoltzfus, Arlin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Intron gain; Intron phase; Proto splice site; Target site

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC GAIN; INHERITANCE; INTRON; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3042548834     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh120     Document Type: Article

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