Molecular paleontology of transposable elements from Arabidopsis thaliana

Genetica

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 27-37

  Kapitonov, Vladimir V ^a   Jurka, Jerzy ^a  

^a Genetic Information Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

A. thaliana chromosomes; Copia like LTR retrotransposons; DNA transposons; Repbase Update; Retroviruses

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

PLANT DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0033288597     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004030922447     Document Type: Article

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