Compositional properties and thermal adaptation of 18S rRNA in vertebrates

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1492-1500

  Varriale, Annalisa ^a   Torelli, Giuseppe ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold blooded vertebrates; Natyral selection; Nycleotide composition; rINA; Thermostability; Warm blooded vertebrates

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FISH; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; VERTEBRATES;

EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47949101815     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.957108     Document Type: Article

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