Circularly permuted tRNA genes: Their expression and implications for their physiological relevance and development

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Soma, Akiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BHB motif; Circular gene permutation; Intron; TRNA gene; Trna splicing endonuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; ENDONUCLEASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84898038478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00063     Document Type: Review

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