The retrohoming of linear group II intron RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster occurs by both DNA ligase 4-dependent and -independent mechanisms

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  White, Travis B ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA LIGASE 4; DNA POLYMERASE; KU ANTIGEN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; RETROHOMING; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA LIGASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INTRONS; MUTATION; RETROELEMENTS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84859207483     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002534     Document Type: Article

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