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D A Shub1.
Abstract
The recent discovery of self-splicing introns in cyanobacteria has given renewed interest to the question of whether introns may have been present in the ancestor of all living things. The properties of introns in genes of bacteria and bacteriophages are discussed in the context of their possible origin and biological function.Mesh:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1822280 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(05)80195-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Genet Dev ISSN: 0959-437X Impact factor: 5.578