Evolution of helix formation in the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and its significance for RNA secondary structures

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 324-337

  Caisová, Lenka ^a   Melkonian, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helix formation; ITS2; Phylogeny; Ribosome; RNA evolution; Secondary structure prediction

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84903746427     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-014-9625-0     Document Type: Article

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