DEC: A new miniature inverted-repeat transposable element from the genome of the beetle Tenebrio molitor

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-574

  Braquart, C ^a,b   Royer, V ^a   Bouhin, H ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Genome; Insect; MITEs; Repetitive DNA; Tenebrio molitor; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

HAPLOIDY; INSECT GENETICS; MINIATURE INVERTED REPEAT TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TENEBRIO;

EID: 0033230637     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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