Systematic screening of Anopheles mosquito genomes yields evidence for a major clade of Pao-like retrotransposons

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Cook, James M ^a   Martin, J ^a   Lewin, A ^a   Sinden, R E ^a   Tristem, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Mosquito; Pao; Retrotransposon; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

CLONE; CLONING; DROSOPHILA; INSECT GENOME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA;

EID: 0034143269     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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