The mobile genetic element Alu in the human genome

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-41

  Novick, Gabriel E ^a   Batzer, Mark A ^b   Deininger, Prescott L ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030041890     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312653     Document Type: Article

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