Evolution of spliceosomal snRNA genes in metazoan animals

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 594-607

  Marz, Manuela ^a   Kirsten, Toralf ^a   Stadler, Peter F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homology search; Paralogues; Phylogenetics; Promoter; Pseudogenes; Secondary structure; SnRNA; Syntenic conservation

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SPLICEOSOME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 65349106492     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9149-6     Document Type: Article

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