✦ LIBER ✦
An aberrant plastid ribosomal RNA gene cluster in the root parasiteConopholis americana
✍ Scribed by Charles F. Wimpee; Rodney Morgan; Russell Wrobel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 677 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4412
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✦ Synopsis
The plastid ribisomal RNA (rRNA) operon of the achlorophyllous root parasite Conopholis americana was completely sequenced. Full-length rRNA genes are retained in the gene cluster, but significant divergence has occurred in the 16S, 23S and 5S genes. Both the 16S-23S intergenic spacer and the 4.5S-5S intergenic spacer have suffered substantial deletions, including the two tRNA genes typically found in prokaryotic and plastid 16S-23S spacers.