Reverse transcriptases: Intron-encoded proteins found in thermophilic bacteria

Gene

Volumn 393, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-144

  Ng, Bernie ^a   Nayak, Sunil ^b   Gibbs, Moreland D ^a   Lee, Jun ^b   Bergquist, Peter L ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genomic walking; Group II intron; Intron encoded proteins; RNA dependent DNA polymerases

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS VECTOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GEOBACILLUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34047268156     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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