Human L1 retrotransposon encodes a conserved endonuclease required for retrotransposition

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 905-916

  Feng, Qinghua ^a   Moran, John V ^b   Kazazian Jr , Haig H ^b   Boeke, Jef D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0009969062     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81997-2     Document Type: Article

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