ArticleMobile DNA2014
Bacterial group I introns: mobile RNA catalysts.
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- Pre-mRNA splicing and its regulation in microalgae and cyanobacteria.Advanced biotechnology · 2025Review
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- Self-splicing introns in genes of Bastillevirinae bacteriophages.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- Characterization of group I introns in generating circular RNAs as vaccines.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- An Actively Homing Insertion Element in a Phage Methylase Contains a Hidden HNH Endonuclease.Genes · 2025Article
- Archaea express circular isoforms of IS200/IS605-associated ωRNAs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Accurate, comprehensive database of group I introns and their homing endonucleases.Bioinformatics advances · 2025Article
- Identification and Characterization ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Transposon-derived introns as an element shaping the structure of eukaryotic genomes.Mobile DNA · 2024Review
- Antagonistic conflict between transposon-encoded introns and guide RNAs.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Bioinformatic prediction of proteins relevant to functions of the bacterial OLE ribonucleoprotein complex.mSphere · 2024Article
- Importance of pre-mRNA splicing and its study tools in plants.Advanced biotechnology · 2024Review
- Genetic disruption of the bacterialProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Group I introns: Structure, splicing and their applications in medical mycology.Genetics and molecular biology · 2024Article
- Refining the transcriptional landscapes for distinct clades of virulent phages infectingmicroLife · 2024Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Group I introns are intervening sequences that have invaded tRNA, rRNA and protein coding genes in bacteria and their phages. The ability of group I introns to self-splice from their host transcripts, by acting as ribozymes, potentially renders their insertion into genes phenotypically neutral. Some group I introns are mobile genetic elements due to encoded homing endonuclease genes that function in DNA-based mobility pathways to promote spread to intronless alleles. Group I introns have a limited distribution among bacteria and the current assumption is that they are benign selfish elements, although some introns and homing endonucleases are a source of genetic novelty as they have been co-opted by host genomes to provide regulatory functions. Questions regarding the origin and maintenance of group I introns among the bacteria and phages are also addressed.
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