Bacterial group II introns generate genetic diversity by circularization and trans-splicing from a population of intron-invaded mRNAs.

Group II introns are ancient retroelements that significantly shaped the origin and evolution of contemporary eukaryotic genomes. These self-splicing ribozymes share a common ancestor with the telomerase enzyme, the spliceosome machinery as well as the highly abundant spliceosomal introns and non-LT...

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Main Authors: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, Caroline Monat, Samy Coulombe, Benoit Cousineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6248898?pdf=render