Compact genes are highly expressed in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1223-1229

  Stenøien, Hans K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Diploid; Exon; Gene expression; Haploid; Intron; Moss; Recombination; Selection

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOSS; RECOMBINATION; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOME; HAPLOIDY; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BRYOPSIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, PLANT; HAPLOIDY; INTRONS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 34247516343     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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