Phylogenetic Analyses and Characterization of RNase X25 from Drosophila melanogaster Suggest a Conserved Housekeeping Role and Additional Functions for RNase T2 Enzymes in Protostomes

• Linda Ambrosio ,

  * E-mail: lima@iastate.edu (LA); gustavo@iastate.edu (GCM)

  Affiliation Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Stephanie Morriss ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stephanie Morriss, Ayesha Riaz

  Affiliation Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Ayesha Riaz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stephanie Morriss, Ayesha Riaz

  Affiliation Interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Ryan Bailey,

  Affiliation Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Jian Ding,

  Affiliation Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Gustavo C. MacIntosh

  * E-mail: lima@iastate.edu (LA); gustavo@iastate.edu (GCM)

  Affiliation Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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