PHYLOGENY OF VIROIDS, VIROID-LIKE SATELLITE RNAS, AND THE VIROID-LIKE DOMAIN OF HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS-RNA

被引:86
作者
ELENA, SF
DOPAZO, J
FLORES, R
DIENER, TO
MOYA, A
机构
[1] UNIV VALENCIA,DEPT GENET,DR MOLINER 50,E-46100 BURJASSOT,SPAIN
[2] CSIC,INST AGROQUIM & TECNOL ALIMENTOS,UNIDAD BIOL MOLEC & CELULAR PLANTAS,E-46010 VALENCIA,SPAIN
[3] UNIV MARYLAND,CTR AGR BIOTECHNOL,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[4] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT BOT,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[5] USDA ARS,BELTSVILLE AGR RES CTR,BELTSVILLE,MD 20705
[6] UNIV VALENCIA,SERV BIOINFORMAT,E-46100 BURJASSOT,SPAIN
关键词
STATISTICAL GEOMETRY; QUASISPECIES; RNA WORLD; LIVING FOSSILS;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.88.13.5631
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We report a phylogenetic study of viroids, some plant satellite RNAs, and the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis-delta-virus RNA. Our results support a monophyletic origin of these RNAs and are consistent with the hypothesis that they may be "living fossils" of a precellular RNA world. Moreover, the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis-delta-virus RNA appears closely related to the viroidlike satellite RNAs of plants, with which it shares some structural and functional properties. On the basis of our phylogenetic analysis, we propose a taxonomic classification of these RNAs.
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页码:5631 / 5634
页数:4
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