Tirant: A new retrotransposon-like element in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Molto M D ^a   Paricio, N ^a   Lopez Preciado M A ^a   Semeshin, V F ^b   Martinez Sebastian M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Retrotransposon; Tirant; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029924531     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02337547     Document Type: Article

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