A bacterial group II intron encoding reverse transcriptase, maturase, and DNA endonuclease activities: Biochemical demonstration of maturase activity and insertion of new genetic information within the intron

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2910-2924

  Matsuura, Manabu ^a,d   Saldanha, Roland ^a,d   Ma, Hongwen ^a,d   Wank, Herbert ^a,d   Yang, Jian ^a   Mohr, Georg ^a,d   Cavanagh, Stacey ^b   Dunny, Gary M ^c   Belfort, Marlene ^b   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Intron mobility; Lactococcus lactis; Retrotransposition; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBONUCLEIC ACID MATURASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE THERAPY; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RETROPOSON; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 9844256088     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.21.2910     Document Type: Article

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