Inteins, introns, and homing endonucleases: recent revelations about the life cycle of parasitic genetic elements
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Self splicing introns and inteins that rely on a homing endonuclease for propagation are parasitic genetic elements. Their life-cycle and evolutionary fate has been described through the homing cycle. According to this model the homing endonuclease is selected fo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/94 |