Identification and characterization of bacterial class E group II introns

Gene

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 245-250

  Toro, Nicolás ^a   Molina Sánchez, Ma Dolores ^a   Fernández López, Manuel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group II intron; Reverse transcriptase; Ribozyme; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037121082     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)01079-X     Document Type: Article

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