an unprecedented group-ii intron from Chlamydomonas subcaudata (chlorophyceae) that has two large open reading frames - potentially encoding a reverse transcriptase-maturase-endonuclease and a novel protein

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 969-973

  Odom, Obed W ^a   Herrin, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Group II intron; Intron encoded proteins; Membrane protein; PsbA; Reverse transcriptase maturase endonuclease

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS SUBCAUDATA; CHLOROPHYCEAE;

EID: 77957303499     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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