Bmmar1: A basal lineage of the Mariner family of transposable elements in the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 945-954

  Robertson, Hugh M ^a   Asplund, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Mariner; Tc1; Transposon

Indexed keywords

DNA; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030240416     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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