Transposition of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Tc3 element in the zebrafish Danio rerio

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-88

  Raz, Erez ^a   Van Luenen, Henri G A M ^b   Schaerringer, Barbara ^c   Plasterkt, Ronald H A ^b   Driever, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0032518560     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70038-7     Document Type: Article

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