Jacq C, Lazowska J, Slonimski P P
C R Seances Acad Sci D. 1980 Jan 14;290(2):89-92.
DNA sequence studies of mutated and wild type alleles of an intron in the mosaic mitochondrial gene for cytochrome b have revealed the possible existence of a protein coded in the intron and involved in RNA splicing. This protein would be endowed with properties of intrinsic autotomy of its own messenger RNA.
对细胞色素b镶嵌线粒体基因中一个内含子的突变型和野生型等位基因进行的DNA序列研究表明,该内含子中可能存在一种编码的蛋白质,它参与RNA剪接。这种蛋白质将具有对自身信使RNA进行内在自我切割的特性。