A mammalian gene evolved from the integrase domain of an LTR retrotransposon [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1597-1600

  Lloréns, Carlos ^a   Marín, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene emergence; Genome protection; Gypsy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTEGRASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RETROPOSON;

EID: 0034907765     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003947     Document Type: Letter

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