On the complexity of chloroplast RNA metabolism: PsaA trans-splicing can be bypassed in chlamydomonas

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2697-2707

  Lefebvre Legendre, Linnka ^a   Merendino, Livia ^a,b,c,d,e   Rivier, Cristian ^a   Goldschmidt Clermont, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; chloroplast; constructive neutral evolution; RNA processing; splicing; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; PROTEIN; PSAA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IRON; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MIXOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA METABOLISM; TRANS SPLICING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETIC DRIFT; INTRONS; IRON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 84926188823     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu215     Document Type: Article

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