A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 973-982

  Wicker, Thomas ^a   Sabot, François ^b   Hua Van, Aurélie ^c,d   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^e   Capy, Pierre ^c,d   Chalhoub, Boulos ^f   Flavell, Andrew ^g   Leroy, Philippe ^h   Morgante, Michele ⁱ   Panaud, Olivier ^j   Paux, Etienne ^h   SanMiguel, Phillip ^k   Schulman, Alan H ^b,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^h Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^k PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 36249023071     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2165     Document Type: Review

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