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Elimination of a group II intron from a plastid gene causes a mutant phenotype

Group II introns are found in bacteria and cell organelles (plastids, mitochondria) and are thought to represent the evolutionary ancestors of spliceosomal introns. It is generally believed that group II introns are selfish genetic elements that do not have any function. Here, we have scrutinized th...

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Autores principales: Petersen, Kerstin, Schöttler, Mark A., Karcher, Daniel, Thiele, Wolfram, Bock, Ralph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
Materias:
RNA
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21357608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr105