The intron of a plastid gene from a green alga contains an open reading frame for a reverse transcriptase-like enzyme

MGG Molecular & General Genetics

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 257-265

  Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green alga; Intron group II; Plastid petD gene; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ORGANELLES; RNA; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0024713469     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00331276     Document Type: Article

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