Gene transfer: Gene swapping craze reaches eukaryotes

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Gogarten, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037458117     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01426-4     Document Type: Review

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