Recombinant mitochondrial DNA molecules suggest a template switching ability for group-II-intron reverse transcriptase

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-28

  Sellem, Carole H ^a   Begel, Odile ^a   Sainsard Chanet, Annie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Degenerative syndromes; Group II intron; Podospora anserina; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

FUNGI; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 0034019179     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050003     Document Type: Article

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