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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic. 2006 Feb 27;5(1):87–95. doi: 10.1093/bfgp/ell012

Table 1.

Phylogenetic distribution of the posttranscriptional modifications identified in RNAs

Source
Archaea (eu)Bacteria Eukarya
tRNA 37 42 47
rRNA 1a 4a
LSU 12 8 18
SSU 8 14 12
5S 3 1
5.8S 5
mRNA 13
tmRNA 2
snRNA 11
chromosomal RNA 2
other small RNA 1
a

subunit is not designated or reported as mixture of LSU and SSU rRNAs. tRNA: transfer RNA; rRNA: ribosomal RNA; LSU: Large Subunit; SSU: Small Subunit; mRNA: messenger RNA; tmRNA: transfer-messenger RNA; snRNA: small nuclear RNA.