Making the Cut.

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  • Author(s): TRAVIS, JOHN
  • Source:
    Science News. 10/02/99, Vol. 156 Issue 14, p222. 2p. 2 Diagrams.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      PROTEIN fractionation; DNA replication; TUBERCULOSIS treatment; CELLS
    • Abstract:
      Reports on the phenomenon of protein splicing. How the splicing takes place; Possible medical applications of the technology, including a way to treat tuberculosis; The prospect of the ability to combine proteins into long chains; Role of inteins, the parts of the protein that splice, in DNA synthesis, repair and breakdown; Relationship of inteins to cells, Predictions.