Selfish DNA: The best defense is a good offense

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-388

  Edgell, David R ^a   Fast, Naomi M ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA;

ANIMAL; INTRON; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTRONS;

EID: 0030113843     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00502-X     Document Type: Article

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