The evolutionary history of the structure of 5S ribosomal RNA

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 430-443

  Sun, Feng Jie ^a,b   Caetano Anollés, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; Cladistic analysis; Molecular evolution; Ribosome; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RNA 5S; RNA HELICASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 72449132771     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9264-z     Document Type: Article

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