Apparent non-canonical trans-splicing is generated by reverse transcriptase in vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Houseley, Jonathan ^a,b   Tollervey, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SWITCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA RECOMBINATION; TRANS SPLICING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

BASE SEQUENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 77957893329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012271     Document Type: Article

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