The evolution of RNA editing and pentatricopeptide repeat genes

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-47

  Fujii, Sota ^a   Small, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Evolution; Mitochondria; Pentatricopeptide repeat; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; CHLOROPLAST; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; RNA;

CHEMISTRY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; RNA EDITING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA EDITING; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79957886185     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03746.x     Document Type: Review

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