Evolution of gene structure in the conifer Picea glauca: A comparative analysis of the impact of intron size

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stival Sena, Juliana ^a   Giguère, Isabelle ^a   Boyle, Brian ^a   Rigault, Philippe ^b   Birol, Inanc ^c   Zuccolo, Andrea ^d,e   Ritland, Kermit ^f   Ritland, Carol ^f   Bohlmann, Joerg ^c   Jones, Steven ^c   Bousquet, Jean ^a   Mackay, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Gydle Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Institute of Applied Genomics   (Italy)

^e SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BAC; Gene expression; Genome size; Gymnosperms; Pinus taeda; Repeat elements

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINE; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPRUCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME SIZE; INTRONS; PICEA; PINUS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84900492757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-95     Document Type: Article

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