Analysis of ribosomal protein gene structures: Implications for intron evolution

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 0237-0242

  Yoshihama, Maki ^a   Nakao, Akihiro ^a   Nguyen, Hung D ^a   Kenmochi, Naoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLICEOSOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLICEOSOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645797815     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020025     Document Type: Article

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