Characterization of a novel class of interspersed LTR elements in primate genomes: Structure, genomic distribution, and evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 649-660

  Liao, Daiqing ^a,c   Pavelitz, Thomas ^a   Weiner, Alan M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Enhancer; Primate phylogeny; Recombination; Retrovital like sequences; RNU2; Solo LTR

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; GORILLA; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROMOTER REGION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PHYLOGENY; PONGO PYGMAEUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROVIRIDAE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031865505     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006345     Document Type: Article

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