The 'recently' split transfer RNA genes may be close to merging the two halves of the tRNA rather than having just separated them

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 310, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-2

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancestral genes; Evolutionary stages; Transition stages; TRNA origin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEON; DESULFUROCOCCUS KAMCHATKENSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MODEL; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOTHERMUS; THERMOSPHAERA AGGREGANS; TRANSFER RNA GENE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NANOARCHAEOTA; RNA, TRANSFER; SYNTENY;

EID: 84863439668     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.022     Document Type: Letter

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