The CARE-2 and Rel-2 repetitive elements of Candida albicans contain LTR fragments of a new retrotransposon

Gene

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-93

  Goodwin, Timothy J D ^a   Poulter, Russell T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Mobile elements; Pathogenic yeast; Recombination

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032544517     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00362-X     Document Type: Article

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