1.
Microbiol Immunol
; 55(7): 510-3, 2011 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21707739
RESUMO
Bacterial reverse transcriptase (RT) is responsible for the production of an RNA-DNA complex called multicopy single-stranded DNA (msDNA). The genetic element required for the sysnthesis of msDNA is named a retron. Here, we characterize two novel retrons named retron-Vc81 and retron-Vc137 in Vibrio cholerae. Interestingly, retron-Vc81 and retron-Vc137 are replaced by retron-Vc95 at the same location on the chromosome.