Demonstration that the group II intron from the clostridial conjugative transposon Tn5397 undergoes splicing in vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1296-1299

  Roberts, A P ^a   Braun, V ^a   Von Eichel Streiber, C ^a   Mullany, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTRONS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035140135     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1296-1299.2001     Document Type: Article

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