Zepp, a LINE-like retrotransposon accumulated in the Chlorella telomeric region

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3715-3723

  Higashiyama, Takanobu ^a   Noutoshi, Yoshiteru ^a   Fujie, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal chromosome; LINE like retrotransposon; Nested integration; Telomeric repeats

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE INSERTION; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHLORELLA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERE;

ALGAE;

EID: 0031010332     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3715     Document Type: Article

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