Retrotransposable elements R1 and R2 in the rDNA units of Drosophila mercatorum: Abnormal abdomen revisited

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 653-665

  Malik, Harmit S ^a   Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MERCATORUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032940804     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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