Evolution of sea urchin retroviral-like (SURL) elements: Evidence from 40 echinoid species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 938-952

  Gonzalez, Pedro ^a,b   Lessios, H A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal transfer; Retrotransposons; Reverse transcriptase; Sea urchins; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; SEA URCHIN; STOP CODON; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

CLYPEASTEROIDA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0033048228     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026183     Document Type: Article

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