Trans-splicing of the Ll.LtrB group II intron in Lactococcus lactis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2257-2268

  Belhocine, Kamila ^a   Mak, Anthony B ^a   Cousineau, Benoit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTEIN LTRA; PROTEIN LTRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LTRA PROTEIN, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANS SPLICING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; EXONS; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 34249846013     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1146     Document Type: Article

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