The complete Tirant transposable element in Drososphila melanogaster shows a structural relationship with retrovirus-like retrotransposons

Gene

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 87-95

  Marsano, Renè Massimiliano ^a   Moschetti, Roberta ^a   Caggese, Corrado ^a   Lanave, Cecilia ^b   Barsanti, Paolo ^a   Caizzi, Ruggiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Ctro Stud Mitocondri M   (Italy)

Author keywords

Envelope protein; Genomic analysis; LTR transposons; Virus like elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENOMIC LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0034681993     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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