Fighting fire with fire

Daniel F. Voytas
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Daniel F. Voytas: Daniel F. Voytas is in the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Transposon Research, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. voytas@umn.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 451, issue 7177, 412-413

Abstract: Mobile genetic elements called transposons could cause havoc in the genome if left unregulated. Of the various cellular defence strategies used to preserve genome integrity, one involves exploiting transposons themselves.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/451412a

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