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Functional characteristics of a reverse transcriptase encoded by an endogenous retrovirus from Drosophila

F Arnaud1, E Peyretaillade, B Dastugue

  • 1INSERM U384, Faculty de Medecine, 28 Place Henri Dunant, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
|March 15, 2005
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