Tdd-3, a tRNA gene-associated poly(A) retrotransposon from Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-661

  Winckler, T ^a   Tschepke, C ^a   De Hostos, E L ^b   Jendretzke, A ^a   Dingermann, T ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Repetitive DNA; Retrotransposon; Reverse transcription; tRNA genes

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; POLYADENYLIC ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, TRANSFER;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031894088     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050694     Document Type: Article

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