Comparative Analysis of RNA Families Reveals Distinct Repertoires for Each Domain of Life

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Hoeppner, Marc P ^a   Gardner, Paul P ^b   Poole, Anthony M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; MACHINERY; PROTEINS;

COMPARATIVE ANALYZES; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; ENCODED PROTEINS; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; GENOMICS ANALYSIS; KEY PARTS; RNA GENOME; RNA WORLD; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; ]+ CATALYST;

RNA;

RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSPORT;

EID: 84870448969     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002752     Document Type: Article

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