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Journal of Bacteriology, June 2009, p. 4044-4046, Vol. 191, No. 12
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00359-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

A Unique Group I Intron in Coxiella burnetii Is a Natural Splice Mutant{triangledown}

Rahul Raghavan, Linda D. Hicks, and Michael F. Minnick*

Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812

Received 13 March 2009/ Accepted 10 April 2009

Cbu.L1917, a group I intron present in the 23S rRNA gene of Coxiella burnetii, possesses a unique 3'-terminal adenine in place of a conserved guanine. Here, we show that, unlike all other group I introns, Cbu.L1917 utilizes a different cofactor for each splicing step and has a decreased self-splicing rate in vitro.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812. Phone: (406) 243-5792. Fax: (406) 243-4184. E-mail: mike.minnick{at}mso.umt.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 April 2009.

Journal of Bacteriology, June 2009, p. 4044-4046, Vol. 191, No. 12
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00359-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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