Dujon B, Belfort M, Butow R A, Jacq C, Lemieux C, Perlman P S, Vogt V M
Unité de Génétique Moléculaire des Levures, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Gene. 1989 Oct 15;82(1):115-8. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90035-8.
A number of introns in mitochondrial, chloroplast, nuclear or prokaryotic genes have recently been shown to encode double-strand sequence-specific endonucleases. Such introns are mobile genetic elements that insert themselves at or near the cleaved sites. A uniform nomenclature to designate the molecular elements involved in the phenomenon of intron mobility is proposed.
最近已表明,线粒体、叶绿体、细胞核或原核生物基因中的一些内含子可编码双链序列特异性内切核酸酶。此类内含子是可移动遗传元件,它们会自身插入切割位点处或其附近。本文提出了一种统一的命名法,用于指定参与内含子移动现象的分子元件。