Potential for alternative intron-exon pairings in group II intron RmInt1 from Sinorhizobium meliloti and its relatives

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-341

  Costa, María ^a   Michel, François ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^b  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group II intron; Intron exon pairings; Ribozyme; Self splicing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RMLNT1; RIBOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING SITE; EXON; GENE CONSTRUCT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; EXONS; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33344467404     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2240906     Document Type: Article

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