Evidence for circular transposition derivatives from the fungal hAT-transposon Restless

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-203

  Kempken, Frank ^a   Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular transposition intermediates; hAT transposon; Restless; Tolypocladium inflatum

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FUNGAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA; TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM;

EID: 0031719595     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050386     Document Type: Article

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