R2 and related site-specific non-long terminal repeat retrotransposons

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 813-835

  Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Long terminal repeat (ltr) retrotransposons; R1 elements; R2 elements; Target primed reverse transcription (TPRT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85158011569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch34     Document Type: Chapter

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