Mammalian line-1 retrotransposons and related elements

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 836-869

  Moran, John V ^a   Gilbert, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

L1 retrotransposition; Long interspersed nuclear elements (line 1s or l1s); Retrotransposons

Indexed keywords

EID: 85158032394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch35     Document Type: Chapter

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