The hAT family: A versatile transposon group common to plants, fungi, animals, and man

Chromosoma

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Kempken, Frank ^a   Windhofer, Frank ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INSECTA; PROKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035035214     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120000118     Document Type: Review

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