The mitochondrial genome of the gymnosperm Cycas taitungensis contains a novel family of short interspersed elements, Bpu sequences, and abundant RNA editing sites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 603-615

  Chaw, Shu Miaw ^a   Chun Chieh Shih, Arthur ^b   Wang, Daryi ^a   Wu, Yu Wei ^b,c   Liu, Shu Mei ^a   Chou, The Yuan ^d  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cycas; Mitochondrial genome; Mobile elements; Repeats; RNA editing sites

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA; THYMINE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GYMNOSPERM; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOSS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA EDITING; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYCAS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA EDITING; RNA, PLANT; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS;

BRYOPHYTES; CHARACEAE; CYCAS; CYCAS TAITUNGENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 39749142161     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn009     Document Type: Article

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