Origin and evolution of group I introns in cyanobacterial tRNA genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6798-6806

  Paquin, Bruno ^a   Kathe, Scott D ^b   Nierzwicki Bauer, Sandra A ^b   Shub, David A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GLOEOBACTER; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDANABAENA; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOBACTER; OSCILLATORIA; PSEUDANABAENA;

EID: 0030690292     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6798-6806.1997     Document Type: Article

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