Characterization of spliced leader trans-splicing in a photosynthetic rhizarian amoeba, Paulinella micropora, and its possible role in functional gene transfer

• Mitsuhiro Matsuo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Atsushi Katahata,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Soichirou Satoh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Motomichi Matsuzaki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mami Nomura,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Ken-ichiro Ishida,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1467-1377

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• Yuji Inagaki,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Junichi Obokata

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Obokata@kpu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2973-0109

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