Journal article
The recent origins of introns
Current opinion in genetics & development, Vol.1(4), pp.470-477
1991
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(05)80194-7
PMID: 1822279
Abstract
Accumulating evidence that introns are highly restricted in their phylogenetic distribution strongly supports the view that introns were inserted late in eukaryotic evolution into preformed genes and, hence, that exon-shuffling played no role in the assembly of primordial genes. Potential mechanisms of intron insertion and the possible evolution of nuclear introns and their splicing machinery from self-splicing group II introns are also discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The recent origins of introns
- Creators
- Jeffrey D PalmerJohn M Logsdon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current opinion in genetics & development, Vol.1(4), pp.470-477
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0959-437X(05)80194-7
- PMID
- 1822279
- NLM abbreviation
- Curr Opin Genet Dev
- ISSN
- 0959-437X
- eISSN
- 1879-0380
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984217526902771
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