Functional reverse transcriptases encoded by A-type mouse LINE-1: Defining the minimal domain by deletion analysis

Gene

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-75

  Martin, Sandra L ^a   Li, Jinfang ^a   Epperson, L Elaine ^a   Lieberman, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense intron; HIS3 pseudogene formation; Retrotransposon; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFECTION;

MUS; RODENTIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032541168     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00252-2     Document Type: Article

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