Selfish DNA: Homing Endonucleases Find a Home

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Edgell, David R ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ENDONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 59349098553     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.019     Document Type: Short Survey

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