The Chironomus (Camptochironomus) tentans genome contains two non-LTR retrotransposons

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-150

  Blinov, A G ^a   Sobanov, Y V ^a   Scherbik, S V ^a   Aimanova, K G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chironomus; Horizontal transmission; In situ hybridization; Non LTR retrotransposon; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031062319     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-021     Document Type: Article

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