Isolation and characterization of functional tripartite group II introns using a Tn5-based genetic screen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ritlop, Christine ^a   Monat, Caroline ^a   Cousineau, Benoit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; RNA ISOLATION; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA ISOFORMS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANS-SPLICING; TRANSPOSASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864421208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041589     Document Type: Article

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