Do the integrases of LTR-retrotransposons and class II element transposases have a common ancestor?

Genetica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 63-72

  Capy, Pierre ^a   Langin, Thierry ^b   Higuet, Dominique ^c   Maurer, Patricia ^d   Bazin, Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

DDE signature; Evolution; Integrase; Transposable elements; Transposase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031466673     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018300721953     Document Type: Article

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