Splicing of the Sinorhizobium meliloti RmInt1 group II intron provides evidence of retroelement behavior

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1095-1104

  Chillón, Isabel ^a   Martínez Abarca, Francisco ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN RMINT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA SPLICING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPLICEOSOME;

GENES, REPORTER; INTRONS; PLASMIDS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA SPLICING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 79551475230     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq847     Document Type: Article

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