title: A group IIC-type intron interrupts the rRNA methylase gene of Geobacillus stearothermophilus strain 10.
abstract: Group IIC introns insert next to the stem-loop structure of rho-independent transcription terminators, thus avoiding intact genes. The insertion sites of 17 copies of the G.st.I1 intron from Geobacillus stearothermophilus were compared. One copy of the intron was found to interrupt an open reading frame (ORF) encoding an rRNA methylase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Moretz
authors.forename: Bert C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lampson
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008780:Methyltransferases; C035181:rRNA (adenosine-O-2'-)methyltransferase