A virophage at the origin of large DNA transposons

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6026, 2011, Pages 231-234

  Fischer, Matthias G ^a   Suttle, Curtis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; INTEGRASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

DNA; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CAFETERIA ROENBERGENSIS; DNA VIRUS; EUKARYOTE; MAVERICK VIRUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLINTON VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SATELLITE VIRUSES; STRAMENOPILES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CAFETERIA ROENBERGENSIS; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79953806385     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1199412     Document Type: Article

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