Prt1, an unusual retrotransposon-like sequence in the fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-333

  Ruiz Perez V L ^a   Murillo, F J ^a   Torres Martinez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phycomyces blakesleeanus; Retroelements; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYCOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030451271     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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