Rapid amplification of a retrotransposon subfamily is evolving the mouse genome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-290

  DeBerardinis, Ralph J ^a   Goodier, John L ^a   Ostertag, Eric M ^a   Kazazian Jr , Haig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031735504     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3104     Document Type: Article

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