Cis requirements for transposition of Tc1-like transposons in C. elegans

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-274

  Fischer, S E J ^a   Van Luenen, H G A M ^a   Plasterk, R H A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Tc1; Tc3; Transposase; Transposon

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032821013     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008641     Document Type: Article

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