Integration specificity of the hobo element of Drosophila melanogaster is dependent on sequences flanking the integration site

Genetica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-147

  Saville, Kenneth J ^a   Warren, William D ^b   Atkinson, Peter W ^c   O'Brochta, David A ^d  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Hobo; Hot spot; Integration specificity; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; HOBO ELEMENT; INSECT GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

AMPHIBIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; REPTILIA;

EID: 0032706374     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003712619487     Document Type: Article

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