DNA transposition: Jumping gene machine, some assembly required

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 817-820

  Chaconas, George ^a   Lavoie, Brigitte D ^a   Watson, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU;

EID: 0030199188     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00603-6     Document Type: Article

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