The ins and outs of group II introns

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 322-331

  Bonen, Linda ^a   Vogel, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR; CATALYSIS; DISPERSION; EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUP 2 INTRON; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA; RNA SPLICING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035368207     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(01)02324-1     Document Type: Review

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