Expressed retrotransposed 5S rRNA genes in the mouse and rat genomes

Genome

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 213-215

  Drouin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5S ribosomal RNA genes; Retroposons; Retrotransposition

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; RETROPOSON; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0034094381     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-100     Document Type: Article

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