Rare group I intron with insertion sequence element in a bacterial ribonucleotide reductase gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2150-2154

  Meng, Qing ^a,b   Zhang, Yi ^c   Liu, Xiang Qin ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; INTRON; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33947369474     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01424-06     Document Type: Article

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