Contribution of Mobile Group II Introns to Sinorhizobium meliloti Genome Evolution

Mobile group II introns are ribozymes and retroelements that probably originate from bacteria. Sinorhizobium meliloti, the nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont of legumes of genus Medicago, harbors a large number of these retroelements. One of these elements, RmInt1, has been particularly successful at colo...

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Main Authors: Nicolás Toro, Francisco Martínez-Abarca, María D. Molina-Sánchez, Fernando M. García-Rodríguez, Rafael Nisa-Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00627/full