CM-gag, a transposable-like element reiterated in the genome of Culex pipiens mosquitoes, contains only a gag gene

Genetica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Bensaadi Merchermek, N ^a   Cagnon, C ^a   Desmons, I ^a   Salvado, J C ^a   Karama, S ^a   D'Amico, F ^a   Mouches C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Culexpipiens; Gene amplification; LINE; Molecular evolution; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEXPIPIENS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031439160     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018321310567     Document Type: Article

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