Birth of a retroposon: The Twin SINE family from the vector mosquito Culex pipiens may have originated from a dimeric tRNA precursor

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-84

  Feschotte, Cédric ^a   Fourrier, Nicolas ^a   Desmons, Isabelle ^a   Mouchès, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Alu; Genome evolution; Retroposition; Retrotransposon; Short interspersed transposable element (SINE); tRNA

Indexed keywords

RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; MOSQUITO; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 0035155740     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003721     Document Type: Article

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