pCal, a highly unusual Ty1/copia retrotransposon from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 7118-7128

  Matthews, Genevieve D ^a   Goodwin, Timothy J D ^a   Butler, Margaret I ^a   Berryman, Thomas A ^a,b   Poulter, Russell T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0030773768     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.7118-7128.1997     Document Type: Article

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