Systematic analysis of intron size and abundance parameters in diverse lineages

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 968-974

  Wu, JiaYan ^a,b   Xiao, JingFa ^a,b   Wang, LingPing ^a,b,c   Zhong, Jun ^a,b,c   Yin, HongYan ^a,b,c   Wu, ShuangXiu ^a,b   Zhang, Zhang ^a,b   Yu, Jun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

intron length distribution; lineage; minimal intron; splice protein; spliceosomal intron

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; EXON; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FUNGI; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84884979032     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-013-4540-y     Document Type: Article

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