Tca1, the retrotransposon-like element of Candida albicans, is a degenerate and inactive element

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3657-3662

  Chen, Jiang Ye ^a   Wang, Qin ^a   Fu, Zheng ^a   Zhou, Song ^a   Fonzi, William A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI;

EID: 0032447959     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3657-3662.1998     Document Type: Article

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