ORF-less and reverse-transcriptase-encoding group II introns in archaebacteria, with a pattern of homing into related group II intron ORFs

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-19

  Dai, Lixin ^a   Zimmerly, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Retroelement; Reverse transcriptase; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; INTRONS; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037278926     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2126203     Document Type: Article

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