Kluyveromyces lactis killer plasmid pGKL2: Evidence for a viral-like capping enzyme encoded by ORF3

Plasmid

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-246

  Larsen, Michael ^a   Gunge, Norio ^b   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic viruses; Guanylyltransferase; Killer; Linear plasmids; mRNA capping

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GENE DISRUPTION; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; RNA CAPPING; VIRUS PARTICLE;

KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0031734126     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1998.1367     Document Type: Article

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