Selfish DNA: New abode for homing endonucleases

被引：5

作者：

Edgell, DR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] New York State Dept Hlth, Wadsworth Ctr, Mol Genet Program, Albany, NY 12201 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2002年 / 12卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00799-6

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A 30-year old conundrum concerning the genetics of T-even bacteriophages has at last been solved, the answer turning out to involve free-standing homologs of intron-encoded homing endonucleases.

引用

页码：R276 / R278

页数：3

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