Eukaryotic DNA methylation as an evolutionary device

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 402-411

  Colot, Vincent ^a   Rossignol, Jean Luc ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033135285     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199905)21:5<402::AID-BIES7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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