Human L1 retrotransposition: Insights and peculiarities learned from a cultured cell retrotransposition assay

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Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 39-51

  Moran, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; LINE 1; Mutagen; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA;

CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; RETROPOSON; REVIEW;

CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 0033290998     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004035023356     Document Type: Article

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