Alternative splicing by participation of the group II intron ORF in extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic Oceanobacillus iheyensis

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-60

  Chee, Gab Joo ^a   Takami, Hideto ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group II intron; Ligated exons; Oceanobacillus iheyensis; Ribozyme; Self splicing

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; BACTERIAL RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BACILLALES; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RNA SPLICING;

ALKALIES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BACILLALES; BASE SEQUENCE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

OCEANOBACILLUS IHEYENSIS;

EID: 79953017568     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME10154     Document Type: Article

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