Morphogenesis at the retrotransposon-retrovirus interface: Gypsy and copia families in yeast and Drosophila

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 214, Issue , 1996, Pages 261-296

  Sandmeyer, S B ^a   Menees, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; YEAST;

UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030419839     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80145-7_9     Document Type: Review

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