Molecular characterization of a retrotransposon in Drosophila melanogaster, nomad, and its relationship to other retrovirus-like mobile elements

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 401-409

  Whalen, J H ^a   Grigliatti, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

D. melanogaster; Gypsy like elements; Nomad element; Phylogenetics; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032414868     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050910     Document Type: Article

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