Retrotransposition of a bacterial group II intron

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6781, 2000, Pages 1018-1021

  Cousineau, Benoit ^a   Lawrence, Stacey ^a   Smith, Dorie ^a   Belfort, Mariene ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLICEOSOME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; RETROELEMENTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0034720157     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35010029     Document Type: Article

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