The DNA of the jumping gene (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

The DNA of the jumping gene

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Fluorescence microscopy image showing the RNA of a jumping gene (turquoise) within cells of Methanothrix soehngenii(violet). The RNA originates from the predatory bacterium Ca. Velamenicoccus archaeovorus and demonstrates that introns can be transferred between different microorganisms in the form of RNA. 

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Jens Harder / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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