Selfish DNA: The best defense is a good offense

被引：12

作者：

Edgell, DR

Fast, NM

Doolittle, WF

机构：

[1] Department of Biochemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 1996年 / 6卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00502-X

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：

The recent discovery of novel biochemical activities of intron-encoded endonucleases emphasizes the selfish nature of mobile genetic elements.

引用

页码：385 / 388

页数：4

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