Genomic analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans reveals ancient families of retroviral-like elements

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 924-935

  Bowen, Nathan J ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032741264     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.9.10.924     Document Type: Article

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