Mobile introns: definition of terms and recommended nomenclature.
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.
Dujon
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B
Unité de Génétique Moléculaire des Levures, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Belfort
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Butow
R A
RA
Jacq
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C
Lemieux
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C
Perlman
P S
PS
Vogt
V M
VM
D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D019895:Transposases
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D019895:Transposases; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases