Parallel loss of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and mtDNA-encoded tRNAs in cnidaria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2216-2219

  Haen, Karri M ^a   Pett, Walker ^a   Lavrov, Dennis V ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Cnidaria; mitochondrial evolution; subcellular targeting

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; COELENTERATE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CNIDARIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 77957224734     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq112     Document Type: Article

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