Group I introns in Staphylococcus bacteriophages

Future Virology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 997-1005

  Lavigne, Rob ^a   Vandersteegen, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bacteriophages; evolution; function; group I introns; homing endonucleases; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA METABOLISM; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 84884254681     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: 17460808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.13.84     Document Type: Review

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