Origins and evolution of retrotransposons

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 1111-1144

  Eickbush, Thomas H ^a   Malik, Harmit S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Caulimoviruses; Hepadnaviruses; Long terminal repeats (LTRs); Retrotransposons; Retroviruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85158069207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch49     Document Type: Chapter

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