Afut2, a new family of degenerate gypsy-like retrotransposon from Aspergillus fumigatus

Medical Mycology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-198

  Paris, S ^a   Latge J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Repeat induced point mutation; Repetitive DNA; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035031678     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.39.2.195.198     Document Type: Article

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