Host Factors Influencing the Retrohoming Pathway of Group II Intron RmInt1, Which Has an Intron-Encoded Protein Naturally Devoid of Endonuclease Activity

Rafael Nisa-Martínez; María Dolores Molina-Sánchez; Nicolás Toro

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162275

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Host Factors Influencing the Retrohoming Pathway of Group II Intron RmInt1, Which Has an Intron-Encoded Protein Naturally Devoid of Endonuclease Activity

Rafael Nisa-Martínez,

Affiliation Structure, Dynamics and Function of Rhizobacterial Genomes, Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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María Dolores Molina-Sánchez,

Affiliation Structure, Dynamics and Function of Rhizobacterial Genomes, Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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Nicolás Toro

* E-mail: nicolas.toro@eez.csic.es

Affiliation Structure, Dynamics and Function of Rhizobacterial Genomes, Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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Host Factors Influencing the Retrohoming Pathway of Group II Intron RmInt1, Which Has an Intron-Encoded Protein Naturally Devoid of Endonuclease Activity

Rafael Nisa-Martínez,
María Dolores Molina-Sánchez,
Nicolás Toro

Published: September 2, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162275

About the Authors

Rafael Nisa-Martínez

Affiliation Structure, Dynamics and Function of Rhizobacterial Genomes, Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain

María Dolores Molina-Sánchez

Nicolás Toro

* E-mail: nicolas.toro@eez.csic.es

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NT RNM. Data curation: NT RNM. Formal analysis: NT RNM MDMS. Funding acquisition: NT. Investigation: RNM MDMS. Methodology: NT RNM MDMS. Project administration: NT. Resources: NT RNM MDMS. Software: RNM MDMS. Supervision: NT. Validation: NT RNM. Visualization: NT RNM. Writing – original draft: NT RNM MDMS. Writing – review & editing: NT RNM MDMS.

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