Splicing of a group II intron involved in the conjugative transfer of pRS01 in lactococci

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3531-3538

  Mills, David A ^a   Mckay, Larry L ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EXON; GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029949972     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3531-3538.1996     Document Type: Article

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