In vivo mobility of a group I twintron in nuclear ribosomal DNA of the myxomycete Didymium iridis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 737-745

  Johansen, Steinar ^a,b   Eide, Morten ^a   Vader, Anna ^a   Haugen, Peik ^a   Haugli, Kari ^a   Haugli, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRON; MYXOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030917343     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3921743.x     Document Type: Article

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