Extreme RNA editing in coding islands and abundant microsatellites in repeat sequences of Selaginella moellendorffii mitochondria: The root of frequent plant mtDNA recombination in early tracheophytes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 344-358

  Hecht, Julia ^a   Grewe, Felix ^a   Knoop, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic gene transfer; Lycophytes; Microsatellites; RNA editing; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA EDITING; SELAGINELLACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; INTRONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA EDITING; SELAGINELLACEAE;

LYCOPODIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79960100341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr027     Document Type: Article

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