Bacteria and Archaea Group II introns: Additional mobile genetic elements in the environment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-151

  Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037343641     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00398.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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