Group II intron from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (P25X): Entrapment in plasmid RP4 and sequence analysis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2833-2840

  Yeo, Chew Chieng ^a   Tham, Jill Maelan ^b   Yap, Melvyn Wee Ching ^b,c   Poh, Chit Laa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2,5 Xylenol degradation; Group II introns; Pseudomonas alcaligenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSPOSON;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030864852     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2833     Document Type: Article

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