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A unique group I intron in Coxiella burnetii is a natural splice mutant.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2009
Raghavan Rahul, Hicks Linda D, Minnick Michael F
Abstract excerpt
Cbu.L1917, a group I intron present in the 23S rRNA gene of Coxiella burnetii, possesses a unique 3'-terminal adenine in place of a conserved guanine. Here, we show that, unlike all other group I introns, Cbu.L1917 utilizes a different cofactor for each splicing step and has a decreased self-splicing rate in vitro.
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