About the origin of retroviruses and the co-evolution of the gypsy retrovirus with the Drosophila flamenco host gene

Genetica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Pelisson A ^a   Teysset, L ^a   Chalvet, F ^a   Kim, A ^a,b   Prud'homme, N ^a   Terzian, C ^a   Bucheton, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Envelope; LTR retrotransposon; Phylogeny; Polymorphism; Ty3

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031455214     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018336303298     Document Type: Article

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