A new hobo, Ac, Tam3 transposable element, hopper, from Bactrocera dorsalis is distantly related to hobo and Ac

Gene

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-135

  Handler, Alfred M ^a   Gomez, Sheilachu P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ac; Gene vector; hobo; Oriental fruit fly; Tam3 family; Tephritidae; Transposase; Transposons

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CLONING VECTOR; DROSOPHILA; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0031032127     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00658-0     Document Type: Article

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