Barriers to intron promiscuity in bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 5281-5289

  Edgell, D R ^a   Belfort, M ^a   Shub, D A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SHORT SURVEY; SPLICEOSOME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; ENDONUCLEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033806414     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.19.5281-5289.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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