A unique group I intron in Coxiella burnetii is a natural splice mutant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4044-4046

  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

ADENINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME; RNA 23S; SELF SPLICING RIBOSOMAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; COENZYME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSESTERIFICATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; RNA SPLICING;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

COXIELLA BURNETII; INTRONS; MUTATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 67549140425     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00359-09     Document Type: Article

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