The ability to form intrastrand tetraplexes is an evolutionarily conserved feature of the 3' end of L1 retrotransposons

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 144-155

  Howell, R ^a,b   Usdin, K ^b  

^a Biotech Research Laboratories   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; L1 retrotransposons; mammals; tetraplex

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031038702     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025747     Document Type: Article

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