The Brown Algae Pl.LSU/2 Group II Intron-Encoded Protein Has Functional Reverse Transcriptase and Maturase Activities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zerbato, Madeleine ^a,b,c   Holic, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Moniot Frin, Sophie ^a,b,c   Ingrao, Dina ^a,b,c   Galy, Anne ^a,b,c   Perea, Javier ^a,b,c  

^a Inserm U951 Evry ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^c GÉNÉTHON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; MAGNESIUM; MATURASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL LINE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; INTRONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHAEOPHYTA; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VAULT RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN PARTICLES;

EID: 84874862708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058263     Document Type: Article

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