The Tc1/mariner transposon family

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 204, Issue , 1996, Pages 124-143

  Plasterk, R H A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

DNA TRANSPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029655789     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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