Widespread distribution of a group I intron and its three deletion derivatives in the lysin gene of Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophages

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 611-618

  Foley, Sophie ^a   Bruttin, Anne ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; STOP CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYMES; GENES, VIRAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES;

EID: 0033987383     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.2.611-618.2000     Document Type: Article

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