The L1Tc C-Terminal Domain from Trypanosoma cruzi Non-Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon Codes for a Protein That Bears Two C₂H₂ Zinc Finger Motifs and Is Endowed with Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activity

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