A phylogeny of Caenorhabditis reveals frequent loss of introns during nematode evolution

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1207-1220

  Cho, Soochin ^a   Jin, Suk Won ^a   Cohen, Adam ^a   Ellis, Ronald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS JAPONICA; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE LOSS; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, HELMINTH; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MRNA CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION FACTORS; NEMATODA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 3543107924     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.2639304     Document Type: Article

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