Bhattacharya, Debashish; Haugen, Peik; Palmer, Jeffrey D.; Turner, Seán; Lewis, Louise A.; Pryer, Kathleen M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007-09-08)
Background: Group I introns are one of the four major classes of introns as defined by their
distinct splicing mechanisms. Because they catalyze their own removal from precursor transcripts,
group I introns are referred to as autocatalytic introns. Group I introns are common in fungal and
protist nuclear ribosomal RNA genes and in organellar genomes. In contrast, they are rare in all
other ...