Novel group I introns encoding a putative homing endonuclease in the mitochondrial cox1 gene of scleractinian corals

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Fukami, Hironobu ^a,d   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^b   Chiou, Chi Yung ^b   Knowlton, Nancy ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corals; cox1; Group I intron; Homing endonuclease; Mitochondria; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CORAL; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1 GENE; GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENDONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINIARIA; ANTHOZOA; FAVIINA; FUNGI; METRIDIUM SENILE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34248213649     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0279-4     Document Type: Article

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