Organelle genes - Do they jump or are they pushed?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-66

  Howe, Christopher J ^a   Barbrook, Adrian C ^a   Lockhart, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; CELL ORGANELLE; CODON; DNA DAMAGE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LETTER; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; MASTIGOPHORA; ORGANELLES; PLASTIDS;

EID: 0033953425     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01919-8     Document Type: Letter

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