The domain structure and retrotransposition mechanism of R2 elements are conserved throughout arthropods

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 502-511

  Burke, William D ^a   Malik, Harmit S ^a   Jones, Jeffrey P ^b   Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; c myb; Integration; Retrotransposons; Reverse transcriptase; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032955930     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026132     Document Type: Article

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