Toxic introns and parasitic intein in Coxiella burnetii: Legacies of a promiscuous past

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5934-5943

  Raghavan, Rahul ^a   Hicks, Linda D ^a   Minnick, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; INTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALKALILIMNICOLA EHRLICHEI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTEINS; INTRONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALKALILIMNICOLA EHRLICHEI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA;

EID: 50249121151     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00602-08     Document Type: Article

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