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The retron: a bacterial retroelement required for the synthesis of msDNA
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The retron: a bacterial retroelement required for the synthesis of msDNA
Curr Opin Genet Dev.
1993 Oct.
Abstract
'Retrons' are bacterial retroelements responsible for the synthesis of msDNA, a hybrid nucleic acid consisting of a single-stranded DNA that is branched out from an internal guanosine of an RNA molecule via a 2',5'-phosphodiester linkage. Retrons are found in a minor population of various bacterial species and are extensively diverse. Two important questions now demanding attention are whether retrons are mobile elements and why are they so diverse?
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