Trans-splicing versatility of the Ll.LtrB group II intron

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1782-1790

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Lactococcus lactis; snRNAs; Spliceosome; Tn5

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENETIC SCREENING; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANS-SPLICING;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 50649123784     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1083508     Document Type: Article

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