A complex structure in the mRNA of Tf1 is recognized and cleaved to generate the primer of reverse transcription

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-285

  Lin, Jia Hwei ^a   Levin, Henry L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Priming; retrotransposon; RNA; RT; S. pombe; Tf1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031059711     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.2.270     Document Type: Article

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