Rules for DNA target-site recognition by a lactococcal group II intron enable retargeting of the intron to specific DNA sequences

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 559-573

  Mohr, Georg ^a   Smith, Dorie ^b   Belfort, Marlene ^b   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA target site recognition; Functional genomics; Gene therapy; Group II intron; Intron mobility; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; GENE TARGETING; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034161995     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.14.5.559     Document Type: Article

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