The evolutionary analysis of the Tnt1 retrotransposon in Nicotiana species reveals the high variability of its regulatory sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 827-836

  Vernhettes, Samantha ^a   Grandbastien, Marie Angèle ^a   Casacuberta, Josep M ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution; Nicotiana; Retrotransposon; Sequence variability; Tnt1; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATOR GENE; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031824280     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025988     Document Type: Article

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