The Mycobacterium xenopi GyrA protein splicing element: Characterization of a minimal intein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6378-6382

  Telenti, Amalio ^a,d   Southworth, Maurice ^b   Alcaide, Fernando ^a   Daugelat, Sabine ^c   Jacobs Jr , William R ^c   Perler, Francine B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030761813     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6378-6382.1997     Document Type: Article

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