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. 1996 Apr 1;6(4):385-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00502-x.

Selfish DNA: the best defense is a good offense

D R Edgell  1 , N M Fast, W F Doolittle
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Selfish DNA: the best defense is a good offense

D R Edgell et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

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

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