Expression of protein-coding genes embedded in ribosomal DNA

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 388, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 679-686

  Johansen, Steinar D ^a   Haugen, Peik ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Homing endonuclease gene; Ribosomal DNA; Ribozyme; RNA processing

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PARASITE; PHYSARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RNA PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 34250661376     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2007.089     Document Type: Short Survey

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