Group II intron and repeat-rich red algal mitochondrial genomes demonstrate the dynamic recent history of autocatalytic RNAs.

Dongseok KimJunMo LeeChung Hyun ChoEun Jeung KimDebashish BhattacharyaHwan Su Yoon

Published in: BMC biology (2022)

Our analysis of group II introns in Porphyridium mitogenomes demonstrates the dynamic nature of group II intron evolution, strongly supports the lateral movement of group II introns among diverse eukaryotes, and reveals their ability to proliferate, once integrated in mitochondrial DNA.

Keyphrases

mitochondrial dna
copy number
oxidative stress
gene expression
minimally invasive