A group II intron has invaded the genus Azotobacter and is inserted within the termination codon of the essential groEL gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1407-1423

  Ferat, Jean Luc ^a   Le Gouar, Martine ^a   Michel, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; EXON; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; STOP CODON;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GROEL PROTEIN; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141566427     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03649.x     Document Type: Article

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