Comprehensive Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial Group II Intron-Encoded ORFs Lacking the DNA Endonuclease Domain Reveals New Varieties

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Toro, Nicolás ^a   Martínez Abarca, Francisco ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ACIDOBACTERIUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; EUBACTERIUM; FIRMICUTES; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING;

BACTERIA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; INTRONS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROTISTA;

EID: 84872793413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055102     Document Type: Article

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