Obligatory group I introns with unusual features at positions 1949 and 2449 in nuclear LSU rDNA of Didymiaceae myxomycetes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 596-604

  Wikmark, Odd Gunnar ^a   Haugen, Peik ^a   Haugli, Kari ^a   Johansen, Steinar D ^a,b  

^a Institute of Medical Biology   (Norway)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diderma; Didymium; Group I intron; Intron evolution; Lepidoderma; Myxomycete; Ribosomal DNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MYXOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INTRONS; MYXOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING;

DIDERMA; DIDYMIIDAE; DIDYMIUM; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARIIDA;

EID: 33947668830     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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