Sequence Evidence in the Archaeal Genomes that tRNAs Emerged Through the Combination of Ancestral Genes as 5′ and 3′ tRNA Halves

Kosuke Fujishima; Junichi Sugahara; Masaru Tomita; Akio Kanai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001622

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Sequence Evidence in the Archaeal Genomes that tRNAs Emerged Through the Combination of Ancestral Genes as 5′ and 3′ tRNA Halves

Kosuke Fujishima,

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan
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Junichi Sugahara,

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan
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Masaru Tomita,

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan, Department of Environment and Information, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan
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Akio Kanai

*E-mail: akio@sfc.keio.ac.jp

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan, Department of Environment and Information, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan
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Sequence Evidence in the Archaeal Genomes that tRNAs Emerged Through the Combination of Ancestral Genes as 5′ and 3′ tRNA Halves

Kosuke Fujishima,
Junichi Sugahara,
Masaru Tomita,
Akio Kanai

Published: February 20, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001622

About the Authors

Kosuke Fujishima

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan

Junichi Sugahara

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan

Masaru Tomita

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan, Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan, Department of Environment and Information, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan

Akio Kanai

*E-mail: akio@sfc.keio.ac.jp

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK. Performed the experiments: KF. Analyzed the data: MT AK KF JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS. Wrote the paper: AK KF.

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