Group II introns are a large class of self-catalytic ribozymes and mobile genetic elements found within the genes of all three domains of life. Ribozyme...

are four main types of introns: tRNA introns, group I introns, group II introns, and spliceosomal introns (see below). Introns are rare in Bacteria and...

Group I introns are large self-splicing ribozymes. They catalyze their own excision from mRNA, tRNA and rRNA precursors in a wide range of organisms....

Group III intron is a class of introns found in mRNA genes of chloroplasts in euglenid protists. They have a conventional group II-type dVI with a bulged...

encodes is an organelle intron maturase, a protein that splices Group II introns. It is essential for in vivo splicing of Group II introns. Amongst other maturases...

in the structure of large ribonucleotides, including the group I intron, the group II intron, and the ribosome. Quadruplexes Although the major groove...

existing intron. Twintrons were discovered by Donald W. Copertino and Richard B. Hallick as a group II intron within another group II intron in Euglena...

The Database for Bacterial Group II Introns is a repository of full-length, non-redundant group II introns present in bacterial DNA sequence. The database...

temperature (96 °C) step required to denature DNA. In 2013, a thermostable group II intron reverse transcriptase (TGIRT), GsI-IIC-MRF, from G. stearothermophilus...

between intron encoded proteins and the size of group 2 introns seen in host cells. When these introns are capable of encoding for their own intron encoded...

Encodes a functional UMP Kinase located in the plastid that binds to group II intron plastid transcription products. Mutants show decreased accumulation...

which group II introns are spliced (two transesterification reaction like group I introns) is as follows: The 2'OH of a specific adenosine in the intron attacks...

Taylor SD, Pyle AM (April 2008). "Crystal structure of a self-spliced group II intron". Science. 320 (5872): 77–82. Bibcode:2008Sci...320...77T. doi:10.1126/science...

is an open reading frame found in the Lactococcus lactis group II introns LtrB. It is an intron-encoded protein, which consists of three subdomains: a...

[citation needed] Group I and group II introns take up only a small percentage of the genome when they are present. Spliceosomal introns (see Figure) are...

candidate Mg2+ ion transporters complements a yeast mitochondrial group II intron-splicing mutant". The Plant Journal. 24 (4): 489–501. doi:10.1111/j...

information, that they originate from a reverse transcriptase from bacterial group II intron before the emergence of eukaryotes or originated before the last universal...

ribozyme, and the hairpin ribozyme. Large ribozymes, such as Group I introns, Group II introns, and RNase P, catalyze splicing and other post-trascriptional...

by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle has identified 137 design dimensions grouped into a dozen separate categories, including: (1) Replication Control, (2)...

with their attached phosphate groups are called nucleotides; in particular, bases with three attached phosphate groups are called nucleoside triphosphates...

that of domain V in self-splicing group II introns. The AGC triad found in U6 snRNA is conserved in group II introns and has been found to favor the same...

and catalytic mechanism of U6 snRNA resembles that of domain V of group II introns. The formation of the triple helix in U6 snRNA is deemed to be important...

regulation Long non-coding RNA Missense mRNA Splicing – process of removing introns from precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) to make messenger RNA (mRNA) Transcriptomics...

group II intron RNA. Molecular cell, 4(2), 239–250. Singh, R. N., Saldanha, R. J., D'Souza, L. M., & Lambowitz, A. M. (2002). Binding of a group II intron-encoded...

Giresi PG, Lieb JD, Zakian VA (June 2009). "Highly transcribed RNA polymerase II genes are impediments to replication fork progression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"...

Mefford MA, Piccirilli JA, Staley JP (May 2014). "Evidence for a group II intron-like catalytic triplex in the spliceosome". Nature Structural & Molecular...

separated and distributed between two daughter cells. On the other hand, meiosis II is similar to mitosis. The chromatids are separated and distributed in the...

Class II or DNA transposon Plasmid Fertility Resistance Col Degradative Virulence/Ti Cryptic Cosmid Fosmid Phagemid Group I intron Group II intron Retrozyme...

Class II or DNA transposon Plasmid Fertility Resistance Col Degradative Virulence/Ti Cryptic Cosmid Fosmid Phagemid Group I intron Group II intron Retrozyme...

prime are important nucleotide motifs for a tertiary interaction of group II introns. In biology, kappa designates a subtype of an antibody component. In...