Inteins

Christopher W Lennon; Marlene Belfort

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.016

Inteins

Curr Biol. 2017 Mar 20;27(6):R204-R206. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.016.

Authors

Christopher W Lennon¹, Marlene Belfort²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12201, USA. Electronic address: mbelfort@albany.edu.

PMID: 28324730
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.016

Abstract

Lennon and Belfort introduce inteins - protein introns - and describe how they escape host proteins, their uses in biotechnology, where they are found in nature, and their role in post-translational regulation.

MeSH terms

Animals
Biotechnology
Exteins / genetics
Exteins / physiology
Humans
Inteins / genetics
Inteins / physiology*

Abstract

MeSH terms

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