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DNA transposons have colonized the genome of the giant virus Pandoravirus salinus

BACKGROUND: Transposable elements are mobile DNA sequences that are widely distributed in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes, where they represent a major force in genome evolution. However, transposable elements have rarely been documented in viruses, and their contribution to viral genome evolutio...

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Autores principales: Sun, Cheng, Feschotte, Cédric, Wu, Zhiqiang, Mueller, Rachel Lockridge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26067596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0145-1