Dispersion of the RmInt1 group II intron in the Sinorhizobium meliloti genome upon acquisition by conjugative transfer

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 214-222

  Nisa Martínez, Rafael ^a   Jiménez Zurdo, José I ^a   Martínez AbarcaI, Francisco ^a   Muñoz Adelantado, Estefanía ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RMINT1; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33846672829     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1072     Document Type: Article

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