A targetron system for gene targeting in thermophiles and its application in Clostridium thermocellum.

Targetrons are gene targeting vectors derived from mobile group II introns. They consist of an autocatalytic intron RNA (a "ribozyme") and an intron-encoded reverse transcriptase, which use their combined activities to achieve highly efficient site-specific DNA integration with readily pro...

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Main Authors: Georg Mohr, Wei Hong, Jie Zhang, Gu-zhen Cui, Yunfeng Yang, Qiu Cui, Ya-jun Liu, Alan M Lambowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3706431?pdf=render