Research Article1 January 1983free access Conservation of RNA secondary structures in two intron families including mitochondrial-, chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded members. F. Michel F. Michel Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Laboratoire Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, associé à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Search for more papers by this author B. Dujon B. Dujon Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Laboratoire Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, associé à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Search for more papers by this author F. Michel F. Michel Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Laboratoire Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, associé à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Search for more papers by this author B. Dujon B. Dujon Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Laboratoire Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, associé à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Search for more papers by this author Author Information F. Michel1 and B. Dujon1 1Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Laboratoire Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, associé à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. The EMBO Journal (1983)2:33-38https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01376.x PDFDownload PDF of article text and main figures. ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyWechatReddit Figures & Info Two families of fungal mitochondrial introns that include all known sequences have been recognized. These families are now extended to incorporate a plant mitochondrial intron and several introns in chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded rRNA and tRNA precursors. Members of the same family share distinctive sequence stretches and a number of potential RNA secondary structures that would bring these stretches and the intron-exon junctions into relatively close proximity. Using several of these introns which have been extensively studied by either biochemical or genetic means, an attempt is made to integrate the available data into a common picture. Previous ArticleNext Article Volume 2Issue 11 January 1983In this issue RelatedDetailsLoading ...