Compilation and analysis of group II intron insertions in bacterial genomes: Evidence for retroelement behavior

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1091-1102

  Dai, Lixin ^a   Zimmerly, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CATALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036493198     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.5.1091     Document Type: Review

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