Helitrons: Enigmatic abductors and mobilizers of host genome sequences

Plant Science

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-186

  Lal, Shailesh ^a   Oetjens, Matthew ^a   Hannah, L Curtis ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene capture; Helitrons; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57649202938     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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