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Research Article

Saccharomyces CerevisiaeSPT3 Gene is Required for Transposition and Transpositional Recombination of Chromosomal Ty Elements

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Pages 3575-3581 | Received 15 May 1986, Accepted 28 Jul 1986, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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