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The ins and outs of group II intronsL Bonen
Biology Dept, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie St, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
Trends Genet 17:322-31. 2001..In Nature, this family of introns shows wide variation in both features and behaviour, and this review includes a focus on the diversity of evolutionary pathways taken...- Comparative analysis of bacterial-origin genes for plant mitochondrial ribosomal proteinsLinda Bonen
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Mol Biol Evol 23:701-12. 2006..This study provides new insights into the evolutionary history of endosymbiotic bacterial-type genes that have been transferred from the mitochondrion to the nucleus... - Mitochondrial genes leave homeLinda Bonen
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
New Phytol 172:379-81. 2006 - Variation in sequence and RNA editing within core domains of mitochondrial group II introns among plantsC Carrillo
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Canada
Mol Gen Genet 264:595-603. 2001..Our observations suggest that the core structures and sequences of these plant mitochondrial introns are subject to less stringent evolutionary constraints than conventional group II introns... - Truncated and dispersed rpl2 and rps19 pseudogenes are co-transcribed with neighbouring downstream genes in wheat mitochondriaS Subramanian
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Canada
Curr Genet 39:264-72. 2001..The absence of intact rpl2 and rps19 genes in wheat mitochondria is consistent with their inactivation through DNA rearrangement/deletion after the successful transfer of functional copies to the nucleus... - Fate of mitochondrially located S19 ribosomal protein genes after transfer of a functional copy to the nucleus in cerealsMagid Fallahi
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Canada, K1N 6N5
Mol Genet Genomics 273:76-83. 2005..These observations illustrate the dynamic nature of the location and structure of genes for mitochondrial ribosomal proteins in flowering plants... - Rapid evolution in sequence and length of the nuclear-located gene for mitochondrial L2 ribosomal protein in cerealsSelvi Subramanian
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
Genome 49:275-81. 2006..Comparative sequence analysis of cereal mitochondrial L2 ribosomal proteins indicates that the mid region has undergone unexpectedly rapid evolution during the last 60 million years... - Cis- and trans-splicing of group II introns in plant mitochondriaLinda Bonen
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
Mitochondrion 8:26-34. 2008..It appears that mitochondrial introns in flowering plants have followed quite different evolutionary pathways than other group II introns... - Developmentally-specific transcripts from the ccmFN-rps1 locus in wheat mitochondriaSophie Calixte
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
Mol Genet Genomics 280:419-26. 2008..A subset of all three-sized transcripts possessed short stretches of non-encoded adenosines, thus adding another layer of complexity to RNA level events in plant mitochondria... - Multiple physical forms of excised group II intron RNAs in wheat mitochondriaJennifer Li-Pook-Than
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
Nucleic Acids Res 34:2782-90. 2006..The presence of these various linear and circular forms of excised intron molecules in plant mitochondria points to multiple novel group II splicing mechanisms in vivo... - Comparative analysis of sequences preceding protein-coding mitochondrial genes in flowering plantsThomas Hazle
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Mol Biol Evol 24:1101-12. 2007..Our observations point to a dynamic nature in the makeup of the 5' leaders of plant mitochondrial mRNAs and an apparent plasticity in translational control elements... - Status of genes encoding the mitochondrial S1 ribosomal protein in closely-related legumesThomas Hazle
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
Gene 405:108-16. 2007..This exploitation of non-coding mitochondrial sequences in nuclear gene activation adds to a growing list of mechanisms by which successful transfer of mitochondrial genes is achieved... - Variation in mitochondrial transcript profiles of protein-coding genes during early germination and seedling development in wheatJennifer Li-Pook-Than
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
Curr Genet 46:374-80. 2004..These observations are consistent with a transient imbalance of RNA-processing machinery at the onset of seed germination, which is a period of rapid mitochondrial biogenesis... - Impact of genomic environment on mitochondrial rps7 mRNA features in grassesEvan Byers
Biology Department, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Canada
Mol Genet Genomics 284:207-16. 2010..Taken together, our observations illustrate the dynamic nature of upstream regulatory cis-elements for mitochondrial rps7 mRNA production in contrast to conservative 3' end-formation signals, during evolution in grasses...