Tsessebe, Topi and Tiang: Three distinct Tc1-like transposable elements in the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae

Genetica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-80

  Grossman, Genelle L ^a   Cornel, Anthony J ^a,b   Rafferty, Cristina S ^a   Robertson, Hugh M ^d   Collins, Frank H ^a,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Mosquito; Tc1; Transposable element; Transposase

Indexed keywords

INSECT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032859911     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003690102610     Document Type: Article

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