Self-splicing of the bacteriophage T4 group I introns requires efficient translation of the pre-mRNA in vivo and correlates with the growth state of the infected bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 980-990

  Sandegren, Linus ^a,b   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; MESSENGER RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VIVO CULTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NRDB GENE; NRDD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; TD GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; EXONS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846573286     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01287-06     Document Type: Article

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