Processed pseudogenes, processed genes, and spontaneous mutations in the Arabidopsis genome

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-522

  Benovoy, David ^a   Drouin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Processed genes; Processed pseudogenes; Spontaneous mutations; Substitutions

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; ENZYME; HYDROLASE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RNA; TRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; RNA BINDING; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MUTATION; PSEUDOGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745644047     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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