The Cyanobacterial tRNALeu (UAA) Intron: Evolutionary Patterns in a Genetic Marker
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- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Molecular Biology and Evolution
- Vol. 19 (6) , 850-857
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004142
Abstract
Cyanobacterial tRNALeu (UAA) intron sequences from natural populations of Nostoc and other cyanobacteria were compared. Variation between the different introns was not randomly distributed but strongly restricted by the secondary and tertiary structure of the intron.Keywords
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