Phylogenetically close group i introns with different positions among Paramecium bursaria photobionts imply a primitive stage of intron diversification

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1309-1319

  Hoshina, Ryo ^a   Imamura, Nobutaka ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degenerative homing; Intron diversification; Intron transposition; Paramecium bursaria symbiotic algae; Reverse splicing

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SPLICING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORELLA; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 66249095668     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp044     Document Type: Article

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