Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Jul 1;88(13):5631-4.

    Phylogeny of viroids, viroidlike satellite RNAs, and the viroidlike domain of hepatitis delta virus RNA.

    Source

    Departament de Genètica i Servei de Bioinformàtica, Universitat de València, Spain.

    Abstract

    We report a phylogenetic study of viroids, some plant satellite RNAs, and the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis delta virus RNA. Our results support a monophyletic origin of these RNAs and are consistent with the hypothesis that they may be "living fossils" of a precellular RNA world. Moreover, the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis delta virus RNA appears closely related to the viroidlike satellite RNAs of plants, with which it shares some structural and functional properties. On the basis of our phylogenetic analysis, we propose a taxonomic classification of these RNAs.

    PMID:
    1712103
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID: PMC51931
    Free PMC Article

      Supplemental Content

      Click here to read Click here to read

      Recent activity

      Your browsing activity is empty.

      Activity recording is turned off.

      Turn recording back on

      See more...
      Write to the Help Desk