A horizontally acquired group II intron in the chloroplast psbA gene of a psychrophilic Chlamydomonas: In vitro self-splicing and genetic evidence for maturase activity

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1097-1107

  Odom, Obed W ^a   Shenkenberg, David L ^a   Garcia, Joshua A ^a   Herrin, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast; Group IIB2 intron; Horizontal transfer; Maturase; PsbA gene; Psychrophilic; Self splicing

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; MAGNESIUM ION; MATURASE; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGLENA; EUGLENA MYXOCYLINDRACEA; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSBA GENE; PSBA1 GENE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGLENA; EUGLENA MYXOCYLINDRACEA; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 3042625932     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7140604     Document Type: Article

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