A retrotransposon of the non-long terminal repeat class from the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Similarities to the chicken-repeat-1-like elements of vertebrates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 602-610

  Drew, Alexander C ^a   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

non LTR retrotransposon; schistosome; transposon

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREMATODE; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PISCES; REPTILIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030995360     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025799     Document Type: Article

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