title: Mobile introns: definition of terms and recommended nomenclature.
abstract: A number of introns in mitochondrial, chloroplast, nuclear or prokaryotic genes have recently been shown to encode double-strand sequence-specific endonucleases. Such introns are mobile genetic elements that insert themselves at or near the cleaved sites. A uniform nomenclature to designate the molecular elements involved in the phenomenon of intron mobility is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Génétique Moléculaire des Levures, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dujon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belfort
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Butow
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacq
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemieux
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D019895:Transposases
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D019895:Transposases; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases