Cyanobacterial ribosomal RNA genes with multiple, endonuclease-encoding group I introns

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Group I introns are one of the four major classes of introns as defined by their distinct splicing mechanisms. Because they catalyze their own removal from precursor transcripts, group I introns are referred to as autocatalytic intro...

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Main Authors: Turner Seán, Palmer Jeffrey D, Bhattacharya Debashish, Haugen Peik, Lewis Louise A, Pryer Kathleen M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/159