Mechanisms used for genomic proliferation by thermophilic group II introns

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Mohr, Georg ^a   Ghanem, Eman ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA STRAND; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSYNECHOCCUS ELONGATUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 77954729219     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000391     Document Type: Article

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