Transposition: mobile introns get into line.
Group II introns encode highly structured, frequently self-splicing RNAs; they are also mobile genetic elements. This mobility has been found to involve DNA-primed reverse transcription, with similarities to retrotransposition and telomere maintenance.
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Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D004247:DNA