LTR retrotransposons and the evolution of eukaryotic enhancers

Genetica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 3-13

  McDonald, John F ^a   Matyunina, Lilya V ^a   Wilson, Susanne ^a   Jordan, I King ^a   Bowen, Nathan J ^a   Miller, Wolfgang J ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Copia Drosophila; Enhancer; Gene expression; Long terminal repeat retrotransposon; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031441380     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018392117410     Document Type: Article

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