Genes within genes: Multiple LAGLIDADG homing endonucleases target the ribosomal protein S3 gene encoded within an rnl group i intron of ophiostoma and related taxa

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2299-2315

  Sethuraman, J ^a   Majer, A ^a   Friedrich, N C ^b   Edgell, D R ^b   Hausner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fungi; HEG transduction exon shuffling; LAGLIDADG homing endonuclease; Mitochondrial genomes; RPS3

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN S3; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DUPLICATE GENE; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPHIOSTOMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE;

FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; ULMUS;

EID: 70349902619     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp145     Document Type: Article

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