Discovery of amphibian Tc1-like transposon families

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Lam, Wan L ^a   Seo, Patricia ^a   Robison, Keith ^a   Virk, Samant ^a   Gilbert, Walter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Transposable element; Transposase; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029923429     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0168     Document Type: Article

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