Comparative Analysis of RNA Families Reveals Distinct Repertoires for Each Domain of Life
Figure 1
Venn diagram of RNA family distribution.
Taxonomic information attached to EMBL-derived Rfam annotations reveals that the majority (99%) of RNA families are domain-specific, with only seven RNA families universally conserved (across the three domains of life plus viruses; Table S1 in Text S1). Numbers within dashed circles indicate viral RNA families.