An unspliced group I intron in 23S rRNA links Chlamydiales, chloroplasts, and mitochondria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4734-4740

  Everett, Karin D E ^a,d   Kahane, Simona ^b   Bush, Robin M ^c   Friedman, Maureen G ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 23S;

ALGA; AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLOROPLAST; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME; RNA GENE; VERO CELL;

CHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

EID: 0032875041     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4734-4740.1999     Document Type: Article

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