International Journal of Plant Genomics
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 360874, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/360874
Research Article
Coe1 in Beta vulgaris L. Has a Tnp2-Domain DNA Transposase Gene within Putative LTRs and Other Retroelement-Like Features
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Received 28 December 2007; Accepted 18 March 2008
Academic Editor: Peng Chee
Copyright © 2008 David Kuykendall et al. This is an open access article distributed under the
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