Contribution of Mobile Group II Introns to Sinorhizobium meliloti Genome Evolution

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
Subjects:
catalytic RNAs
genome evolution
intron
insertion sequences
retroelements
rhizobia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00627/full

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