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Two independent retrons with highly diverse reverse transcriptases in Myxococcus xanthus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Feb 1990
Inouye S, Herzer P J, Inouye M
Abstract excerpt
A reverse transcriptase (RT) was recently found in Myxococcus xanthus, a Gram-negative soil bacterium. This RT has been shown to be associated with a chromosomal region designated a retron responsible for the synthesis of a peculiar extrachromosomal DNA called msDNA (multicopy single-stranded DNA). We demonstrate that M. xanthus contains two independent, unlinked retrons, one for the synthesis of msDNA-Mx162 and...
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