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. 2017 Mar 20;27(6):R204-R206.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.016.

Inteins

Christopher W Lennon  1 , Marlene Belfort  2
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Inteins

Christopher W Lennon et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Lennon and Belfort introduce inteins - protein introns - and describe how they escape host proteins, their uses in biotechnology, where they are found in nature, and their role in post-translational regulation.

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