Lineage-specific group II intron gains and losses of the mitochondrial rps3 gene in gymnosperms

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 646-654

  Regina, Teresa M R ^a   Quagliariello, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group II introns; Gymnosperms; Mitochondrial rps3 locus; Plant molecular biodiversity

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S3; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERM; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PINACEAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERMS; INTRONS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PINACEAE; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GNETALES; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERMAE; PINACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 77954143435     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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