Host factors influencing the retrohoming pathway of group II Intron RmInt1, which has an intron-encoded protein naturally devoid of endonuclease activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Nisa Martínez, Rafael ^a   Molina Sánchez, María Dolores ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; INTRON ENCODED PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEIN; RETROPOSON;

ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; RETROHOMING; RNA SPLICING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROPOSON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; INTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA SPLICING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84990985639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162275     Document Type: Article

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