Group I intron homing in Bacillus phages SPO1 and SP82: A gene conversion event initiated by a nicking homing endonuclease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4307-4314

  Landthaler, Markus ^a,b   Lau, Nelson C ^a,c   Shub, David A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE CONVERSION; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENE CONVERSION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3042606642     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4307-4314.2004     Document Type: Article

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