Nematode sbRNAs: Homologs of vertebrate y RNAs

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-358

  Boria, Ilenia ^a,b   Gruber, Andreas R ^b,c   Tanzer, Andrea ^b,c   Bernhart, Stephan H ^b   Lorenz, Ronny ^b   Mueller, Michael M ^b   Hofacker, Ivo L ^b   Stadler, Peter F ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

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

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bRNA; Homology search; Nematodes; Noncoding RNA; Y RNA

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954458423     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9332-4     Document Type: Article

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