Molecular evolution of pentatricopeptide repeat genes reveals truncation in species lacking an editing target and structural domains under distinct selective pressures
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are required for numerous RNA processing events in plant organelles including C-to-U editing, splicing, stabilization, and cleavage. Fifteen PPR proteins are known to be required for RNA editin...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-05-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/66 |